WHY DO I LOVE YOU?
(Melody of Love)

Davies; Engleman
(Recorded 22March 1961)


Why do I love you?

I love you, not only for what you are,
but for what I am when I'm with you.

I love you, not only for what you've made of yourself,
but for what you're making of me.

I love you for ignoring the possibilities of the fool in me,
and for laying firm hold of the possibilities for good in me

Why do I love you?

I love you for closing your eyes to the dischords,
and for adding to the music in me, by worshipful listening.

I love you, because you're helping to make of the lumber of my life
not a tavern, but a temple.

And out of the words of my everyday, not a reproach, but a song.
I love you because you have done more than any creed to make me happy.

You have done it without a word, without a touch, without a sign.

You have done it just by being yourself.

And after all, perhaps, that's what love means.


Submitted by Leon Hart

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