定州人民
I Like You(by Sandol Stoddard Warburg)I like you and I know why.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 specialAnd you remember it a long, long time.You say, Remember when you told me something special?And both of us rememberWhen I think something is importantyou think it's important tooWe have good ideasWhen I say something funny, you laughI think I'm funny and you think I'm funny tooHah-hah!I like you because you know where I'm ticklishAnd you don't tickle me there except just a little tiny bit sometimesBut if you do, then I know where to tickle you tooYou know how to be sillyThat's why I like youBoy are you ever sillyI never met anybody sillier than me till I met youI like you because you know when it's time to stop being sillyMaybe day after tomorrowMaybe neverToo late, it's a quarter past silly!Sometimes we don't say a wordWe snurkle under fencesWe spy secret placesIf I am a goofus on the roofus hollering my head offYou are one tooIf I pretend I am drowning, you pretend you are saving meIf I am getting ready to pop a paper bag,then you are getting ready to jumpHOORAY!That's because you really like meYou really like me, don't you?And I really like you backAnd you like me back and I like you backAnd that's the way we keep on going every dayIf you go away, then I go away tooor if I stay home, you send me a postcardYou don't just say Well see you around sometime, byeI like you a lot because of thatIf I go away, I send you a postcard tooAnd I like you because if we go away togetherAnd if we are in Grand Central StationAnd if I get lostThen you are the one that is yelling for meAnd I like you because when I am feeling sadYou don't always cheer me up right awaySometimes it is better to be sadYou can't stand the others being so googly and gaggly every single minuteYou want to think about thingsIt takes timeI like you because if I am mad at youThen you are mad at me tooIt's awful when the other person isn'tThey are so nice and hoo-hoo you could just about punch them in the noseI like you because if I think I am going to throw upthen you are really sorryYou don't just pretend you are busy looking at the birdies and all thatYou say, maybe it was something you ateYou say, the same thing happened to me one timeAnd the same thing didIf you find two four-leaf clovers, you give me oneIf I find four, I give you twoIf we only find three, we keep on lookingSometimes we have good luck, and sometimes we don'tIf I break my arm, and if you break your arm tooThen it's fun to have a broken armI tell you about mine, you tell me about yoursWe are both sorryWe write our names and draw picturesWe show everybody and they wish they had a broken arm tooI like you because I don't know why butEverything that happens is nicer with youI can't remember when I didn't like youIt must have been lonesome thenI like you because because becauseI forget why I like you but I doSo many reasonsOn the 4th of July I like you because it's the 4th of JulyOn the fifth of July, I like you tooIf you and I had some drums and some horns and some horsesIf we had some hats and some flags and some fire enginesWe could be a HOLIDAYWe could be a CELEBRATIONWe could be a WHOLE PARADESee what I mean?Even if it was the 999th of JulyEven if it was AugustEven if it was way down at the bottom of NovemberEven if it was no place particular in JanuaryI would go on choosing youAnd you would go on choosing meOver and over againThat's how it would happen every timeI don't know whyI guess I don't know why I really like youWhy do I like youI guess I just like youI guess I just like you because I like you.
