The Best Thing That Ever Happened To Me   Gladys Knight & The Pips   Written by Jim Weatherly      - entered the Billboard Top 40 the week of March 9, 1974 and   stayed for 13 weeks, peaking at #3 the week of April 27, 1974   - soul cover version of Ray Price's #83 country ballad from 1973   - a version by The Persuaders, released March 2, 1974, reached #85      I've had my share of life's ups and downs   But fate's been kind, the downs have been few   I guess you could say that I've been lucky   Well, I guess you could say that it's all because of you      If anyone should ever write my life story   For whatever reason there might be   Ooo, you'll be there between each line of pain and glory   'Cause you're the best thing that ever happened to me   Ah, you're the best thing that ever happened to me      Oh, there have been times when times were hard   But always somehow I made it, I made it through   'Cause for every moment that I've spent hurting   There was a moment that I spent, ah, just loving you      If anyone should ever write my life story   For whatever reason there might be   Oh, you'll be there between each line of pain and glory   'Cause you're the best thing that ever happened to me   Oh, you're the best thing that ever happened to me   I know, you're the best thing, oh, that ever happened to me