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Maren Morris Was Bowled Over By This Love Song From Her Husband

Maren Morris and her husband Ryan Hurd have done a lot of songwriting together, and when he had an idea for a new love song to write while the couple…

Maren Morris Was Bowled Over By Love Song From Husband
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Maren Morris and her husband Ryan Hurd have done a lot of songwriting together, and when he had an idea for a new love song to write while the couple was in Hawaii, Maren was thrilled. 

She told us, " 'I Can't Love You Anymore' is a song that we wrote in Hawaii. Greg Kirsten, Ryan Hurd, and I. And Ryan had that title; 'I Can't Love You Anymore.' And you know I've written with him so many times I can always tell when he's like got a fire in his eyes, and he knows he's gonna bowl me over with the idea. And he was right, so he said the hook. 'I can't love you any more than I do now.' And I was hooked. I loved it."

Morris added, "It reminded me of the John Prine 'In Spite of Ourselves' duet. And it was just sort of this like, super quirky, realistic, romantic look at two people that are bonkers but made for each other. So that's one of my favorites. "

"In Spite of Ourselves" is the title track to John Prine's 13th album, featuring duets with various women, including Trisha Yearwood, Patty Loveless and Emmylou Harris. It was released in 1999.

The lyrics to "I Can't Love You Anymore" include, "Shoulda known what I was getting in / Fallin' for a boy from Michigan / You love your mom like every Midwest kid / You like driving to Texas / You put up with all my exes / To deserve you, don't know what the hell I did." 

The chorus includes the lyrics, "I can't love you anymore / I can't love you anymore / I can't love you any more than I do now / You can try to talk me down / But I can say without a doubt / I can't love you any more than I do now." 

Maren posted the single's cover on Instagram a week ago. One fan responded, "I couldn't love this single choice anymore! Let's gooo!." Another fan wrote, "Obsessed with this song."  

Maren Morris tends to dazzle a bit when she hits the stage in concert on her "Girl Tour," or just playing a promotional gig, award show performance and of course will do the same her upcoming dates on buddy Miranda Lambert's "Pink Guitars and Road Side Bars Tour."

Just because we can, we take a look as Maren's great stage moments through the years.

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Maren Morris performs onstage during the 52nd Academy of Country Music Awards at T-Mobile Arena on April 2, 2017 in Las Vegas, Nevada.


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Maren Morris performs a private concert at The McKittrick Hotel on September 12, 2017 in New York City. (Photo by Cindy Ord/Getty Images for SiriusXM)


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Maren Morris perfroms onstage during the 2018 Billboard Music Awards at MGM Grand Garden Arena on May 20, 2018 in Las Vegas, Nevada.


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Maren Morris performs onstage at the 2018 Billboard Music Awards at MGM Grand Garden Arena on May 20, 2018 in Las Vegas, Nevada.


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Maren Morris performs exclusively for Hilton Honors members at Gotham Hall on May 11, 2018 in New York City.


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Maren Morris (C) performs with John Osborne (L) and T.J. Osborne (R) of Brothers Osborne onstage during the 54th Academy Of Country Music Awards at MGM Grand Garden Arena on April 07, 2019 in Las Vegas, Nevada.


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Maren Morris performs on stage for day 4 of the 2019 CMA Music Festival on June 09, 2019 in Nashville, Tennessee.


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Maren Morris and Brandi Carlile perform on stage for day 4 of the 2019 CMA Music Festival on June 09, 2019 in Nashville, Tennessee.


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Maren Morris performs with Zedd at Coachella Stage during the 2019 Coachella Valley Music And Arts Festival on April 21, 2019 in Indio, California.


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Maren Morris performs at her “GIRL: The World Tour” at Brooklyn Steel on May 03, 2019 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City.