How could I stop loving you When loving you is all I know? How could I forget your touch When my hands still need you so? They tell me time Can mend a broken heart. But how can time mend mine When every minute we’re apart Just reminds me… How could I stop loving you? Baby… Tell me how. I tried taking your picture From the table by my bed. But taking down a photograph Can’t take you from my head. I tried sleeping on your side Just to prove that I was strong. But I reached across that empty bed… And remembered You were gone. Ohhh… How could I stop loving you When loving you is all I know? How could I forget your kiss When I still feel it when I’m alone? Maybe another woman Could help me forget somehow… But how could I stop loving you? Baby… Tell me how. I went walking Sunday morning Past that little place we knew. They were playing that old love song That I used to sing to you. I stood outside that doorway, But I couldn’t walk inside. ‘Cause everybody would’ve seen What I’ve been trying so hard to hide. Oh, baby… I miss you. I miss you so bad. They say, “Man, you’ve got to let her go.” But they weren’t there When you held me. They weren’t there When you loved me. They don’t know… They don’t know what we had. How could I stop loving you? Tell me! How do you teach a heart To forget what it knows? How do you tell these arms They can’t hold you anymore? How do I wake tomorrow And pretend I’m doing fine, When every road I walk, baby, Still leads me back to you? Ohhhhh… How could I stop loving you? I CAN’T! I tried! Lord knows I tried! But every morning— I love you. Every evening— I love you. Every lonely night— I still love you. And if loving you Means I’ll carry this hurt For the rest of my life… Then, baby… I guess I’ll carry it. Because forgetting you… Would mean forgetting The best part of me. How could I stop loving you? Mmm… Baby… Tell me how. Tell me how… Tell me how… ‘Cause I don’t know how. I just don’t know how.
