A MAN KNOWN FOR HEARTBREAK SONGS ONCE SANG ABOUT LOVE SO SIMPLE, IT ALMOST FELT LIKE HOME BEFORE IT BEGAN.
Alan Jackson has spent a lifetime proving that country music does not always need a storm to make people feel something.
Sometimes it only needs a porch light.
Sometimes it only needs a slow smile, a fiddle line, and a man admitting that love has finally found a place in him where it can stay.
That is the quiet charm of “I Could Get Used to This Lovin’ Thing.”
It is not one of those love songs that tries to sound larger than life. It does not climb a mountain, make a movie speech, or turn romance into fireworks. Instead, it walks in with boots on the floor and a grin it cannot quite hide.
That is what makes it feel so Alan Jackson.
The song appeared on Freight Train, and Alan’s own official site lists him as the writer, placing it among those moments where his plainspoken country heart is not just performing the feeling, but shaping it from the inside out. (alanjackson.com)
There is a special kind of honesty in a man saying he could get used to being loved.
Not “I have it all figured out.”
Not “I know exactly where this is going.”
Just that first tender realization that something ordinary has begun to feel necessary.
Alan has always been able to make romance sound lived-in. In his hands, love is not polished marble. It is a kitchen chair pulled out for somebody. It is a ride home after supper. It is hearing your name said a certain way and realizing the whole day has changed because of it.
That is the heart of this song.
It carries the feeling of a man who has known flirtation, passing sparks, and the kind of affection that comes and goes. But then something different arrives. Something steadier. Something that does not have to announce itself loudly because it already feels true.
And Alan sings it like that truth surprised him.
That little surprise is the beautiful thing.
A lot of country songs are built around losing love, chasing love, remembering love, or mourning the one that got away. But “I Could Get Used to This Lovin’ Thing” catches love at a sweeter, smaller doorway — the moment before forever has a name, when two people are still laughing a little, still learning each other, still noticing how natural it feels to be close.
There is no tragedy needed.
The ache, if there is one, comes from knowing how rare that feeling is.
Any listener who has been around long enough understands it. Real love does not always arrive with thunder. Sometimes it sneaks into a life gently. It shows up in a familiar voice. It lingers in the room after someone leaves. It turns a normal morning into something you want to keep.
Alan Jackson’s voice was made for that kind of truth.
Even now, as fans look toward his announced final full-length concert in Nashville on June 27, 2026, the tenderness in songs like this feels even more precious. He is still here, still carrying that old-school country sound, even as he prepares to step away from the road. (People.com)
That changes the way we hear him.
Not because the song becomes sad.
Because it becomes clearer.
We hear the warmth. We hear the ease. We hear the kind of country music that never needed to shout to be remembered.
“I Could Get Used to This Lovin’ Thing” is the sound of a man letting joy settle in without trying to outsmart it. It reminds us that love can be playful and sincere at the same time. That tenderness does not have to be dramatic to be deep. That sometimes the strongest promise is not carved in stone — it is spoken softly, with a little wonder still in the voice.
And maybe that is why Alan Jackson’s music keeps finding people.
He has a way of making the biggest feelings feel close enough to touch.
A heartbreak can sit beside you.
A memory can ride in the passenger seat.
And a love song can make you think of one person, one room, one ordinary day when someone said your name — and suddenly, you thought you could get used to this, too.
Lyric
I could get used to this lovin’ thingThe way you call my name, in love’s embraceI could get used to you everydayAnd your tender ways, I kinda like this lovin’ thingI’ve had romance a time or twoInfatuation, then I found youI’ve had ’em steal my heart and runAnd that ain’t fun for anyoneI could get used to this lovin’ thingThe way you call my name, in love’s embraceI could get used to you everydayAnd your tender ways, I kinda like this lovin’ thingI like the way you make me feelAnd what I feel, feels like it’s realI never once said I love youUntil I felt the one that’s trueI could get used to this lovin’ thingThe way you call my name, in love’s embraceI could get used to you everydayAnd your tender ways, I kinda like this lovin’ thingYeah, I could get used to this lovin’ thingThe way you call my name, in love’s embraceAnd I could get used to you everydayAnd your tender ways, I kinda like this lovin’ thingYeah I could get used to you everydayAnd those tender ways, I kinda like this lovin’ thing