I love you You love me We're a happy FAMILY with a great big hug and a kiss from me to you Won't you say you love me too!
I love you You love me We're best friends like friends should be With a great big hug And a kiss from me to you Won't you say you love me too! (FAMILY=Father And Mother, I Love You!)
Friends are for life - goes the title of a Sunday Times article today.
It reports that the role of friendship is often under-valued and under-appreciated, and that it actually "has a bigger impact on our psychological well-being than family relationships."
The studies show that having friends helps people cope better with life and its illnesses. Ok, that's cool.
Friendship has a greater effect on our health than a spouse or family member. Hmm.
People with more friends tend to live longer. Wow.. True or not?
Anyway, we all know friends help make our lives better, but longer? That'll be a nice bonus :)
Many of us may have long gone past the age to celebrate Children's Day ;)
But on this special day, let us toast these little ones who have helped make the puzzle of our life a little more complete.
I have compiled a list of 10 songs that recording artistes have written for that little special ones in their lives.
Song to celebrate the arrival of the child, song to remember the child by. Song to cradle the angel to dreamland, or simply to express their love and adoration for the most important person in the world. All in a language they know best.
1. Baby Baby - Amy Grant wrote it for her 6-month-old daughter Millie
2. Isn't She Lovely - Stevie Wonder celebrated the birth of his daughter Aisha with this song
3. Butterfly Kisses - Bob Carlisle for his daughter Brook when she was 16
4. Tears in Heaven - Eric Clapton wrote this to remember his 4-year-son son Connor
5. Hey Jude - Paul McCartney wrote this song not for his son but for John Lennon's son, Julian
6. Good Night - John Lennon fulfilled his paternal duty by writing for Julian himself. The lullaby was however sung by Ringo Starr
7. Beautiful Boy (Darling Boy) - To be fair, John Lennon also wrote one for his second son, Sean, whom he had with Yoko Ono
8. Sweet Baby James - Although some still think James Taylor wrote this lullaby for himself (he apparently had to sing himself to sleep as a kid), he was actually writing about his nephew James R. Taylor, named after him
9. Lovin' You - Minnie Riperton wrote this for her daughter Maya, whose name was in fact mentioned at the end of the song, when she sings "Ma-ah-aha-aha-ah-ya."
10. Goodnight, My Angel - Billy Joel wrote this song as a lullaby for his daughter who asked him "Where do we go when we die?"
To his daughter's question, Billy wrote these words in the song:
Goodnight my angel, time to close your eyes And save these questions for another day I think I know what you've been asking me I think you know what I've been trying to say
I promise I would never leave you And you should always know Where ever you may go No matter where you are I never will be far away
Goodnight my angel, now it's time to sleep And still so many things I want to say Remember all the songs you sang for me When we went sailing on an emerald bay
And like a boat out on the ocean I'm rocking you to sleep The water's dark and deep Inside this ancient heart You'll always be a part of me
Goodnight my angel now it's time to dream And dream how wonderful your life will be Someday your child may cry and if you sing this lullaby Then in your heart there will always be a part of me
Someday we'll all be gone But lullabies go on and on They never die, that's how you and I will be
