Carly Simon Shades Ex James Taylor in New Song “Maybe I Never Loved You”
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Maybe Carly Simon wants James Taylor to know this song is about him.
With the release of her new album Comes in Waves on Aug. 14—the famed singer’s first in over 18 years—Simon appears to call back to her and Taylor’s turbulent marriage from 1972 to 1983 on the album’s second track, “Maybe I Never Loved You.”
“Maybe I never loved you / But anyway, I thought I did,” Simon sings on the track. “I married you, we had a kid / That counts for something.”
“Maybe I never loved you / Yes, and maybe I did,” she continues. “And maybe you never loved me / Although God knows, you said you did.”
The 83-year-old—who shares kids Sally, 52, and Ben, 49, with Taylor, 78—also sings about the times her former partner was there for her, saying, “You came for me those times I hid / I’m so glad you did that. And maybe it’s wrong to wonder how everything kind became forbidden.”
