I Was Losing You Song Lyrics and Chords by Ricky Van Shelton
I Was Losing You
Recorded by Ricky Van Shelton
Written by Bruce Burch
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I should have noticed this when
You started turning up in
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hit me when
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began to sing
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along
I should have realized when
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tears in your
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eyes
Every
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time a
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song was
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through
It was
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more than the music
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I was losing
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you
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I should have
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seen it when
You started watchin' late late
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movies
And you'd
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sleep on the couch
Instead of
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sleeping next to
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me
When I'd wake up in the night
Sometimes
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I'd hear you
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crying
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baby
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I never
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knew
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It was more than the movies
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I was losing
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you
I
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wish you had
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screamed and
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yelled
out
The things you
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held deep inside
Cause I never
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dreamed
That our
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love was dyin'
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right before my
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eyes
But I should have
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felt
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On those too few nights I
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held
you
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I should have known
All those
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whispered words weren't
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true
There was a reason why
You never
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looked in my
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eyes
And it
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breaks my
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heart in
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two
When you were
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makin' love to me
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I was losing
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makin' love to me
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I was losing
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you
FAQ
Who sang the the song I Was Losing You?
- The song I Was Losing You was sang by Ricky Van Shelton.
Who is Ricky Van Shelton?
- Ricky Van Shelton (born January 12, 1952) is an American former country music artist. Active between 1986 and 2006, he charted more than twenty singles on the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts. This figure includes ten Number One hits: "Somebody Lied", "Life Turned Her That Way", 'Don't We All Have the Right", "I'll Leave This World Loving You", "From a Jack to a King" (a cover of the Ned Miller hit), "Living Proof", "I've Cried My Last Tear for You", "Rockin' Years" (a duet with Dolly Parton), "I Am a Simple Man", and "Keep It Between the Lines". Besides these, seven more of his singles landed in the Top Ten on the same chart. He also released nine studio albums, of which his first four were certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America.
