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and "Lovers" and "You Owe It All To Love" for Finis
Henderson. With Erich Bulling, Haynes also wrote songs for Japanese recording artists
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In 1984, Haynes began writing lyrics for a wide variety of projects which included the song "Drive Me Wild" for the television series
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on Brown's album. Brookins and Haynes continued working together and their songs were also recorded by Sue Ann
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From 1985 to 1989, as a lyricist, Haynes continued to be in demand. He scored a top ten single with "
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and Robert
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He also began writing with Attala Zane Giles and their songs were recorded by
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and Robert
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He began his professional career in 1981 writing songs with
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From 1993 to 2016, Haynes also wrote songs recorded by
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TV Series soundtrack, as well as a collaboration with
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