By:John Hartford · Source Recording: John Hartford (1989)
I try to keep from wanting you
I thought this feeling soon would end
Then I could get on with this life I live
Here I am in love again
I started to call you twice today
I even wrote a note I didn't send
I tried not to think of when I brushed your hand
Here I am in love again
Here I am what can I do
I started out to be your friend
I never meant to feel this way
Here I am in love again
I've tried to get you off my mind
But it's so hard now to pretend
The more I try the more I find
Here I am in love again
By:John Hartford · Source Recording:John Hartford (1989)
“Here I Am in Love Again” was written by John Hartford and recorded for his 1989 album “Down on the River.”
The song is a love song of surrender. The singer has tried to hold back and keep his guard up, and finds it no use — here he is, in love again, despite every intention not to be. The lyric meets that helplessness with warmth rather than regret.
The song shows the tender side of Hartford’s writing.
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