I DIDN'T MEAN TO LOVE YOU
(Karen Phillip / Artie Butler)


Helen Reddy - 1972
Billy Eckstine - 1973
Vivian Reed - 1973
Dionne Warwick - 1976

Also recorded by: Al Martino; Linda Magno.



Sunday morning waking up and touching you
You're always warm at nine a.m.
Pillows close and I can feel you wanting me
Then I go back to sleep again

I didn't mean to love you
And I never meant to care
But I guess I never noticed
Just how often you were there

Walking on and talking till the sun went down
You kept me warm with just your eyes
Seems that all we wanted just came naturally
We never even had to try

I didn't mean to love you
Didn't want to let it show
No, I never meant to tell you
I'm just too proud to let you know

Bring back the days when we could talk away our troubles
Don't tell me things have changed so much
Please take the time, you know it's not so hard to do
Unless there's nothing left to say
I guess there's nothing left to say

I didn't mean to love you
But I guess I always will
Guess you'll always be inside me
Kind of warm and soft and still

I didn't mean to need you
And I didn't wanta cry
I never meant to lose you
I never meant goodbye
I never meant goodbye



(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - November 2017)