Loretta Lynn (April 14, 1932 - October 4, 2022) was an American country sin… Read Full Bio ↴Loretta Lynn (April 14, 1932 - October 4, 2022) was an American country singer who was the leading country female vocalist during much of the 1960s and 1970s. In the 1970s she became one of the most famous women in all of America and frequently made "most admired women" polls alongside first ladies and world leaders.

Lynn was born in Butcher Hollow, Van Lear, Kentucky in 1932. According to Songfacts, Loretta Lynn's superstar Country career started in 1960 when she recorded " I'm a Honky Tonk Girl " as her debut single. The song was a minor hit, climbing to #14 on Billboard's C&W Chart. By the late 1960s she had begun picking up various Female Vocalist of the Year trophies and in 1972 the singer became the first woman in history to win the Country Music Association's Entertainer of the Year trophy. Lynn dominated the Country charts throughout the rest of the decade and has continued to record hit records through the ensuing years. Her 50th anniversary year began with the award of a Grammy Lifetime Achievement on January 31, 2010.

Lynn released over 70 albums. She is the sister of country singer Crystal Gayle (born in Paintsville, Kentucky) and Peggy Sue, and is a cousin of Patty Loveless. Her father was a coal miner in Van Lear. Her biography was made into the 1980 film, Coal Miner's Daughter.

I Can't Feel You Anymore
Loretta Lynn Lyrics

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There's no reason to look at me that way
Old memories won't make my love stay
Your touch just leads me to an open door
And when he touches me, I can't feel you anymore

When he touches me, I can't feel you anymore
He touches me with so much love, I never felt before

Goodbye's on the tip of my tongue
And now that leaving you's come
And when he touches me, I can't feel you anymore

You're so late with your new plans for two
He had lots of nights to love me away from you
But the first time that he touched me, I was sure
When he touches me, I can't feel you anymore

When he touches me, I can't feel you anymore
He touches me with so much love, I never felt before

Goodbye's on the tip of my tongue
And now that leaving you's come
And when he touches me, I can't feel you anymore

Anymore

Overall Meaning

In Loretta Lynn's song "I Can't Feel You Anymore," the lyrics express the singer's realization that she can no longer connect with her former lover. The first stanza declares that looking at her in such a way will not coax her into returning to their past relationship. Memories cannot salvage or prolong a dead love that has dissipated. The second stanza juxtaposes the singer's inability to feel her former partner's touch with the intense feelings she experiences when introduced to someone new. She reveals that her new lover touches her with so much love that she never felt before. With her new partner, she no longer feels her former lover's touch, nor does she yearn for it.

The final stanza highlights the singer's emotional conflict between leaving her former lover and embracing the new partner. The phrase "goodbye's on the tip of my tongue" indicates a willingness to walk away from the past, forgive herself, and let go of her old love. She is now ready to embrace the new love that she's found, and experience the joy and intensity of true love once again. Even though her past relationship left her feeling numb, the touch of her new partner lifts the pain and allows her to embrace the future with renewed hope and a heart full of love.

Line by Line Meaning

There's no reason to look at me that way
Please don't stare at me, it is not going to make things any better.

Old memories won't make my love stay
Thinking about the past will not help our relationship survive.

Your touch just leads me to an open door
Your touch only makes me want to leave and be with someone else.

And when he touches me, I can't feel you anymore
Being touched by him makes me forget about you completely.

Goodbye's on the tip of my tongue
I am really close to ending things between us for good.

And now that leaving you's come
The time has come for me to walk away and start a new chapter in my life.

You're so late with your new plans for two
It's too little, too late for us to try to fix our problems now that I have someone else.

He had lots of nights to love me away from you
He showed me the love and attention I needed when you were unable to.

But the first time that he touched me, I was sure
I knew right away that he was the one I wanted to be with after he touched me.

Anymore
I am done with our relationship and moving on with my life.

Lyrics © BMG Rights Management
Written by: Meredith Stewart Devoursney, Theresa Beaty

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