Babyface

Released: August 24, 1993

Songwriter: Babyface Daryl Simmons

Producer: LA Reid Babyface Daryl Simmons

[Verse 1]
We fell in love
And who could blame us?
The word was we were just beside ourselves
And everybody said it wouldn't last
Now they wonder why we didn't last
We fell in love
It seemed so righteous
Couldn't compare our love to no one else
And everybody thought we could not win
It's no wonder love came to an end

[Chorus]
And our feelings just aren't feelings anymore
They're just words that come from whispers
From people we don't know
And our feelings, yeah, just aren't feelings anymore
They're just words without emotion
From people who don't know
Who don't know

[Verse 2]
We fell apart
The bond was broken
Should've kept our thoughts between ourselves
And though they say they cared, they didn't help
Makes me wonder, should we blame ourselves?
So here we are brokenhearted
What in the world have we done to ourselves?
When everybody says to let it end, baby
Well, it makes me wonder, we can't let them win

[Chorus]
And our feelings, just aren't feelings anymore
They're just words that come from whispers
From people we don't know
Don't you know that our feelings just aren't feelings anymore
They're just words without emotion
From people who don't know

[Bridge]
If we'd only just try, we could make it by
And maybe in time, we could make it right
If we only had done what we should've done
We'd both be here still making love
I wanna know that, that we can go back
Back to a time when the loving was all that
When no one could come between our love

[Chorus]
And our feelings just aren't feelings anymore
They're just words that come from whispers from people we don't know
And our feelings, just aren't feelings anymore
They're just words without emotion
From people who don't know (No, no, no, no, no, no)
And our feelings (Feelings) just aren't feelings anymore (No more)
They're just words that come from whispers from people we don't know
(We don't know, baby)
And our feelings (Oh, oh) just aren't feelings anymore
(No, baby)
They're just words without emotion (They're just words, baby)
From people who don't know

Kenneth “Babyface” Edmonds (born April 10, 1959 in Indianapolis, Indiana) is a Grammy Award-winning producer, singer, and songwriter responsible for a string of hits in the 1980s and 1990s. He has written and produced more than 20 number-one hits and won 11 Grammys—including three for Producer of the Year—for his work with Boyz II Men, Whitney Houston, Eric Clapton, Alicia Keys, and Toni Braxton, as well as his own work as an artist.

Babyface got his nickname from funk legend Bootsy Collins after joining his backing band in the 1970s. He joined the group Manchild in the late ‘70s—a group that also included his frequent collaborator Daryl Simmons—before moving out West and working with the group The Deele in the early 1980s, forming a bond with his bandmate and future production partner L.A. Reid. After producing the hit “Two Occasions” for The Deele, L.A. & Babyface broke off and became one of the biggest superproducer duos in R&B, rivaling the hits of fellow superproducer duo Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis.

L.A. & ‘Face had their hands in a string of #1 R&B hits in the late '80s and early '90s from artists such as Pebbles (“Girlfriend”), Karyn White (“Superwoman”), The Whispers (“Rock Steady”), Johnny Gill (“My, My, My”) and many more. They were also instrumental in the success of post-New Edition era Bobby Brown as they produced his #1 hits “Don’t Be Cruel,” “Every Little Step,” “On Our Own,” and “Humpin' Around.” They made history with Boyz II Men in 1992 as they wrote and produced “End of the Road,” which spent a record-breaking 14 consecutive weeks atop the pop chart.

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