“We're Not Makin' Love Anymore” is a song written by Michael Bolton and Diane Warren that was originally recorded by Barbra Streisand for her 1989 greatest hits album, A Collection: Greatest Hits… and More. A then-unknown Mariah Carey performed a duet of the song with Michael Bolton at the NARM Music Convention on March 11, 1990. Audio of the recording didn't surface until December 2018, while video of the performance became available on YouTube in January 2024 . “I was really nervous. At NARM, in front of like everyone in the whole industry, my first live thing — it was really scary,” Mariah said in a 1990 interview. “I was like, ‘Wow, you guys must have faith in me if you think I can pull this off.’ But it worked and I was happy, Michael was great to work with.”
Here we are just going through the motions one more time
You looking in my eyes but you don't see me
And here I am, feeling like a stranger in your arms
I touch you, I hold you, but lately I don't know you
Something is wrong but we go on from day to day
And we just pretend it all away
We act like nothing's changed
But in our hearts we know it's not the same
'Cause we're not makin' love anymore
Baby, we're not makin' love like before
We may hold each other tight
Say that everything's alright
But we're not makin' love
Remember when you couldn't wait to run into my arms
When the love inside my heart was all you needed
Remember when you made me wish the night would never end
The fire, the thunder, we lived to love each other
If ever two hearts were one, then it was yours and mine
But that was another place in time
Now all we have to show are memories of a dream we used to know
And we're not makin' love anymore
Baby, we're not makin' love like before
We may hold each other tight
Say that everything's alright
But we're not makin' love
When did we lose our way? We had it all
Don't know how it all just slipped away
Oh, can we get it back again?
Is it too late? Can we try just one time?
'Cause darling
We're not makin' love anymore
Baby, we're not makin' love like before
We may hold each other tight
Say that everything's alright
But we're not makin'
We're not makin' love
Baby, we're not makin' love like before
Can we find a way to try?
Find the magic one more time
'Cause we're not makin'
We're not makin'
Baby we're not makin' love
Baby we're not makin' love
Written by Michael Bolton and Diane Warren.
