Happy Birthday Janelle!

I like you

I like you because

you are a good person to like

I like you because

when I tell you something special

you know it's special and you remember it

A long long time

You say

Remember when you told me

Something special

And both of us remember

When I think something is important

You think it's important too

We have good ideas

When I say something funny

You laugh

I think I'm funny

You think I'm funny too

hah-hah

And I like you because

When I am feeling sad

You don't always cheer me up right away

Sometimes it is better to be sad

You can't stand the others being so googly and gaggly every single minute

You want to think about things

It takes time.

I like you because if I am mad at you

Then you are mad at me too

It's awful when the other person isn't

Phooey.

They are so nice and hoo-hoo you could just about punch them in the nose.

I like you because if I think I am going to throw up then you are really sorry

You don't just pretend you are busy looking at the birdies and all that

You say maybe it was something you ate

You say the same thing happened to me one time

And the same thing did

If you find two four-leaf clovers

You give me one

If I find four

I give you two

If we only find three

We keep on looking

Sometimes we have good luck

And sometimes we don't

I like you because

I don't know why but

Everything that happens

Is nicer with you

I can't remember when I didn't like you

It must have been lonesome then

I like you because because

I forget why I like you

But I do

So many reasons 

On the Fourth of July I like you because

It's the Fourth of July

On the Fifth of July

I like you too

If you and I had some drums

And some horns and some horses

If we had some hats and some

Flags and some fire-engines

We could be a HOLIDAY

We could be a CELEBRATION

We could be a WHOLE PARADE

See what I mean?

Even if it was the nine-hundred-and-ninety-ninth of July

Even if it was August

Even if it was way down at the bottom of November

Even if it was no place particular in January

I would go on choosing you 

And you would go on choosing me

Over and over again.

That's how it would happen every time.

I don't know why.

I guess I don't know why I like you really.

Why do I like you?

I guess I just like you

Because I like you.