It’s funny the wandering lines of thought you follow while driving. I had one today that started with my idly trying to remember the chorus of a pop song playing on the CD at work. Eventually it brought me to the realization that a show tune I’ve loved for about 25 years is about many things, and one of them is my husband Scott, whom I’ve been with for almost a decade. And yet it took me this long to put it together.
Something Wonderful
“The King And I”
Lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein
This is a man who thinks with his heart,
His heart is not always wise.
This is a man who stumbles and falls,
But this is a man who tries.
This is a man you’ll forgive and forgive,
And help protect, as long as you live…
He will not always say
What you would have him say,
But now and then he’ll say
Something Wonderful.
The thoughtless things he’ll do
Will hurt and worry you
But now and then he’ll do
Something Wonderful.
He has a thousand dreams
That won’t come true,
You know that he believes in them
And that’s enough for you.
You’ll always go along,
Defend him where he’s wrong
And tell him when he’s strong
He is wonderful
He’ll always need your love,
And so he’ll get your love.
A man who needs your love
Can be
Wonderful.
In reading this over, I wonder, does this sound like a back-handed compliment? I don’t see it that way.