The other day I was doing a background vocal session with one of my good friends and he brought CD of a song that he just sang on.  It was a new song by Kenny Loggins entitled "Dont Want To Hate You."  I've always had a great level of respect for Kenny's songwriting and vocal abilities, but after listening to this song one-time through I was simply speechless.  This song articulates feelings that I've dealt with in the past so eloquently that I have to share it.  The album that includes this song has yet to be released, so I'm not posting any audio.  However, I thought I would post the lyrics. 

-Steve

I Dont Want To Hate You
Kenny Loggins

Verse 1:
I go to bed by midnight; I wake up again by four.
I read awhile then try to sleep some more.
But by 6 A.M. I'm gone again,
Lost in the logic of despair.
Cause you just cant reason with someone who ain't even there.

I've been right about the reasons,
I maybe right, but you're still gone.
Cause being right is getting nowhere,
And it's time for moving on.

Chorus:
Letting go of the anger,
I've been holding in my heart.
Letting go of the bitterness,
That's tearing me apart.
It's time to give us both the forgiveness,
I couldn't give before.
I don't want to hate you anymore.

Verse 2:
I loved you for your honesty, now I hate you for your lies.
Still I don't see the wisdom in goodbye.
So I put my fears in a letter of tears,
I guess I never intend to send.
The future is hard to believe in if I can't even see the end.

There are no easy answers,
It's just a fact of life.
You know somebody's always leaving,
Somebody's always left behind.

Bridge:
And day by day I'm getting stronger,
Ain't about you any longer.
It's about trying to save my soul...

Chorus:
And letting go of the anger,
I've been holding in my heart.
Letting go of the bitterness,
That's tearing me apart.
It's time to give us both the forgiveness,
I couldn't give before.
I don't want to hate you,
Argue or debate you.
I don't want to hate you anymore.