Jimmy Webb, Jeff Bridges - That's All I Have To Say

(Jimmy Webb)
Lir: I've had time to write a book
About the way you act and look
But I haven't got a paragraph
Words are always getting in my way
Anyway, I love you
That's all I have to tell you
That's all I've got to say

And now, I'd like to make a speech
About the love that touches each
But stumbling, I would make you laugh
I feel as though my tongue were made of clay
Anyway, I love you
That's all I have to tell you

I'm not a man of poetry
Music isn't one with me
It runs from me
It runs from me
(Duet)
Lir: And I tried to write a symphony
Amalthea: Once when I was searching
Lir: But I lost the melody
Amalthea: Somewhere out of reach
Lir: Alas I only finished half
Amalthea: Far away
Lir: And finish I suppose I never may
Amalthea: In a place I could not find
Lir: Anyway, I love you
Amalthea: Or heart obey
Lir: That's all I have to tell you
Amalthea: Now that I'm a woman
Lir: That's all I've got to say
Amalthea: Now I know the way
Lir: That's all I've got to say
Amalthea: Now I know the way
Together: That's all I've got to say

Jimmy Layne Webb is an American songwriter. His compositions include "Up, Up, and Away," "By the Time I Get to Phoenix," "Wichita Lineman," "Galveston," and "MacArthur Park". His songs have been recorded or performed by Glen Campbell, The Fifth Dimension, Frank Sinatra, Elvis Presley, and Bob Dylan, among others. According to BMI, his song "By the Time I Get to Phoenix" was the third most performed song in the fifty years between 1940 to 1990. He is the only artist to have ever received Grammy Awards for music, lyrics, and orchestration.
Throughout this period, Webb's songs continued to be recorded by the industry's most successful artists. In 1980, Thelma Houston recorded "Before There Could Be Me," "Breakwater Cat," "Gone," "Long Lasting Love," and "What Was that Song" on her album Breakwater Cat. Leah Kunkel recorded "Never Gonna Lose My Dream of Love Again" and "Let's Begin" for her album I Run with Trouble. The latter was performed live in 1980 by the born again Bob Dylan. Tanya Tucker recorded "Tennessee Woman" on her album Dreamlovers. In 1981, Art Garfunkel recorded "Scissors Cut," "In Cars," and "That's All I've Got to Say" on his album Scissors Cut. Arlo Guthrie recorded "Oklahoma Nights" on his album Power of Love. In 1982, Linda Ronstadt recorded "The Moon is a Harsh Mistress" and "Easy for You to Say" on her album Get Closer. Joe Cocker recorded "Just Like Always" on his album Sheffield Steel. The Everly Brothers recorded "She Never Smiles Anymore" on the album Living Legends.

From 1982 to 1992, Jimmy Webb turned his focus away from a solo performing career and toward larger-scale projects, such as film scores, Broadway musicals, and classical music. In 1982, he produced the soundtrack for the film The Last Unicorn, an animated children's tale, with the musical group America performing Webb's songs. That same year, he composed the soundtrack to all episodes of the TV series Seven Brides for Seven Brothers.

In 1985, Glen Campbell recorded "Cowboy Hall of Fame" and "Shattered" for the album It's Just a Matter of Time. And heavyweights Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings, Willie Nelson, and Kris Kristofferson recorded "Highwayman" on the album Highwayman. In 1988, Toto recorded "Home of the Brave" on the album The Seventh One. Kenny Rankin recorded the beautiful "She Moves, Eyes Follow" for the album Hiding in Myself. And in 1989, Linda Ronstadt recorded the David Massengale produced album Cry Like a Rainstorm, Howl Like the Wind, which featured four Jimmy Webb songs: "Still Within the Sound of My Voice" (with Webb playing piano), "Adios" (with orchestral arrangement by Webb), "I Keep It Hid" (with Webb playing piano), and "Shattered." In 1990, John Denver recorded "Postcard from Paris" on the album The Flower That Shattered the Stone. In 1991, Kenny Rogers recorded "They Just Don't Make Em Like You Anymore" on the album Back Home Again.

In 1986, Webb produced a remarkable cantata that many feel to be his masterpiece, The Animal's Christmas, with Art Garfunkel, Amy Grant, and the London Symphony Orchestra. With brilliant harmonies, innovative orchestration, and excellent vocal performances, Webb tells the Christmas story from the perspective of the animals.

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[KatradioNY]

Granako..you should manage Jimmy Webb's website and be the official poster to his entry on Wikipedia!

Well done tribute to one of America's BEST songwriters!

[annamaisa]

beautiful...

[CommanderSpink]

Any idea where I can find guitar tabs for this song? I've been hunting around the internet forever to no avail. :(

[444lilly]

@brainsparkles it's def. not! Maybe Traudel Haas the german speaker? The voice matches.

[444lilly]

who sings amalthea? it's not mia farrow!

[dennyandpennie]

@vascokid Jeff Bridges has a great voice ! Chet Baker had a "weak" voice if you will but was still considered to be one of the greatest jazz singers of his time.

[dennyandpennie]

@vascokid Jeff Bridges has a great voice !

[gyfromla]

 awesome visuals

[brainsparkles]

@ginsspot I think the name is actually "Declan Galbraith", not Delcan. As in Elvis Costello's real first name(also Declan).

[RichardSzaniszlo]

You are right!!!!!

[murphslaw123]

Jimmy Webb has got to be the most romantic man of all time. I was born in 68' any my mother always loved him.