Monday, September 22, 2003

Happy Birthday, Kim! I've written you a bunch of songs in the past, but the following song seems as personal as a song I could have written for you today. So here's the lyrics, since I don't think you'd want me to sing them:

The Luckiest
lyrics by Ben Folds

i don't get many things right the first time
in fact, i am told that a lot
now i know all the wrong turns,
the stumbles and falls brought me here
and where was i before the day
that i first saw your lovely face
now i see it everyday
and i know
that i am, i am
i am the luckiest
what if i'd been born
fifty years before you
in a house
on the street where you live
maybe i'd be outside
as you passed on your bike
would i know?
in a wide sea of eyes
see one pair that i recognize
and i know
that i am, i am
i am the luckiest
love you more than i have
ever found a way to say to you
next door
there's an old man
who lived into his nineties
and one day passed away in his sleep
and his wife, she stayed
for a couple of days and passed away
i'm sorry i know that's a
strange way to tell you that i know
we belong
that i know
that i am, i am
i am the luckiest

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