You Inspire Me

I wrote and recorded this ode to friendship decades ago.  I've changed a few of the words since then and they appear below.  In the original, I make mention of three of my biggest inspirations as a youth: Paul McCartney, Dale Carnegie and DJ Ron Gregory.  I chose more appropriate names for the revised lyrics. 

Boy, do I sound young. 

There are so many shades of grey

and so many things to say

as we work, and we play

Yet there are people who just get by

who don't even wonder why

as they laugh, and they cry

But you and I are a different situation

You and I have a cause for celebration

We're finding the way to a better day, 'cause you see:

You inspire me

You make me feel like I'm Tchaikovsky

You make me want to write a symphony

to say our way is the best way

Ain't no shades of grey

You inspire me

Everyone's looking for the light

and everyone says they're right

So they fuss, and they fight

And there are people who say to me

There are things that they have to see

to believe what can be

But you and me are a different situation

With you and me there is never complication

We're finding the light is the dark of night 'cause you see:

You inspire me

You make me feel like Dale Carnegie

You make me want to teach the world to see

that our light is the best light

There's no fuss and fight

You inspire me

I know there may come a day

when you'll have to go away

and I'll miss you more than I can ever say

But it's true, though I will be blue

There is someone who

needs to be inspired the way that you inspire me

You make me feel like I'm DaVinci

Paint you a masterpiece so they can see

that our love is the best love

It's from God above

'Cause you inspire me.