Jimmy Webb sings 'All I Know'. This song written by Webb and a 1973 hit for Art Garfunkel was first on Webb's 1996 Guardian album 'Ten Easy Pieces'. The lyrics are below with comments about the song and singer.
Note: This is a redo of an earlier video for this song with new images - many from the 1996 album.
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All I Know (Singer: Jimmy Webb)
I bruise you, you bruise me
We both bruise so easily
Too easily to let it show
I love you
And that's all I know
And all my plans keep falling through
All my plans they depend on you
Depend on you
To help them grow
I love you
And that's all I know
When the singer's gone
Let the song go on
It's a fine line between
The darkness and the dawn
They say in the darkest night
There's a light beyond
And the ending always
Comes at last
Endings always come too fast
They come too fast
And they pass too slow
I love you
And that's all
It's really all I know
Oh
It's all I know
It's all I know
Songwriter: Jimmy Webb
[Lyrics from LyricFind]
Wikipedia states:
"All I Know" is a song written by American songwriter Jimmy Webb, first recorded by Art Garfunkel on his 1973 debut solo album, Angel Clare, released by Columbia Records. Instrumental backing was provided by members of the Wrecking Crew, L.A. session musicians. Garfunkel's version is the best known and highest-charting version, peaking at number nine on the Billboard Hot 100 and number one on the Easy Listening chart for four weeks in October 1973.
In his review for Allmusic, Joe Viglione wrote that Jimmy Webb's own version of the song, recorded for Ten Easy Pieces in 1996, had "none of the gloss" of Garfunkel's hit version, but more soul. Viglione continued:
The stark reading retains the elegance of the hit version while giving the melody a new setting, aided by the saxophone of Pat Perez and the backing vocals of producer Fred Mollin and arranger Matt McCauley. Jimmy Webb has a more earthy tone to his voice and, as beautiful as Art Garfunkel's rendition is, there's much more sincerity when the composer talk/sings it over his piano.
Jimmy Layne Webb (born August 15, 1946) is an American songwriter, composer, and singer. He has written numerous platinum-selling songs, including "Up, Up and Away", "By the Time I Get to Phoenix", "Wichita Lineman", "Galveston", "The Worst That Could Happen", "All I Know", and "MacArthur Park". He has had successful collaborations with Glen Campbell, Michael Feinstein, Linda Ronstadt, The 5th Dimension, Art Garfunkel, and Richard Harris.
Webb was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1986 and the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1990. He received the National Academy of Songwriters Lifetime Achievement Award in 1993, the Songwriters Hall of Fame Johnny Mercer Award in 2003, the ASCAP "Voice of Music" Award in 2006, and the Ivor Novello Special International Award in 2012. According to BMI, his song "By the Time I Get to Phoenix" was the third most performed song in the fifty years between 1940 and 1990. Webb is the only artist ever to have received Grammy Awards for music, lyrics, and orchestration. …...more
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