Jimmy Webb

Released: September 7, 1993

Songwriter: Jimmy Webb

Producer: George Massenburg Linda Ronstadt

[Verse 1]
We’re parting company, as any fool can see
Maybe that’s the reason why it’s so clear to me
We’re takin' different roads, we speak in different codes
We’re masters of disguise
Turning into people we don’t recognise

[Chorus]
And I don't know how to love you anymore
When did that feelin' go away? It’s hard to say
It happened slow like the closing of a door
But it’s gone without a trace, it’s a fact I’ve got to face
I don't know how to love you anymore

[Verse 2]
We’ve got our routines, Fensin faded jeans
We watch people live on television screens
We hear the signs blow, it’s got no place to go
Sometimes it gets so loud
It’s deafening when two’s a crowd

[Chorus]
And I don't know how to love you anymore
I can’t remember how I felt - it’s hard to tell
It doesn’t flow the way it did before
It’s a hurt that has no name, it’s a fire without a flame
I don't know how to love you anymore

[Bridge]
And now all the king’s horses and men
Tell me how can they put us together again?
How can they mend us again?

[Guitar solo]

[Chorus]
I don't know how to love you anymore
It’s a lesson I forgot, and now it’s not a debt I owe
I’m so tired of keeping score
It’s a crime that knows no blame, it’s a sin that has no shame
I don't know, I just don’t know, how to love you

Jimmy Webb (also known by the names James Layne Webb, Jim Webb and J. Webb) was born on the 15th of August, 1946. He has written and produced countless platinum-selling hits such as “Highwayman”, “MacArthur Park”, “Galveston”, “Wichita Lineman”, “Up, Up and Away,” the recently popular “Do What You Gotta Do” (made famous from being sampled in a Kanye West song), and many more. Ever since his first released song “My Christmas Tree”, Jimmy Webb has received much professional attention and many awards for his compositions. During his career, he became the youngest person ever to be inducted into the Songwriters Hall Of Fame (which he was chairman of for a number of years), and is the only musician to receive Grammy awards for music, lyrics and orchestration.

In addition to his songwriting career, Webb has also composed film soundtracks for “The Last Unicorn”, “Voices” and “The Naked Ape”. Along with this, he has penned the main themes and soundtrack scores for television shows, including “Seven Brides for Seven Brothers” and “E/R”.

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