*You don't need to sneeze rubies and diamonds
You don't need to cough out pearls
Nor have the golden touch of King Midas
To be able to spin my world*
*No need to vacation in China
To let a few tigers loose
Or fly in on a magic bus
For me to notice you*
*You don't need to be the president
Or some international spy
On me all your money need not be spent
For me to want you in my life*
*You don't have to hold onto your breath
And turn the deepest shade of blue
Or at my dumb jokes laugh and laugh
For me to want to love you*
*For the common cold you don't need to find the cure
Or the perfect mouse trap
You don't need to bring peace to this world
For me to need to hold your hand*
*All you need to be is yourself
And to that self hold true
Because all I need above all else
Is to be madly in love with you*
Oct 21, 2014
Oct 21, 2014 at 8:05 AM UTC
*You don't need to sneeze rubies and diamonds
You don't need to cough out pearls
Nor have the golden touch of King Midas
To be able to spin my world*
*No need to vacation in China
To let a few tigers loose
Or fly in on a magic bus
For me to notice you*
*You don't need to be the president
Or some international spy
On me all your money need not be spent
For me to want you in my life*
*You don't have to hold onto your breath
And turn the deepest shade of blue
Or at my dumb jokes laugh and laugh
For me to want to love you*
*For the common cold you don't need to find the cure
Or the perfect mouse trap
You don't need to bring peace to this world
For me to need to hold your hand*
*All you need to be is yourself
And to that self hold true
Because all I need above all else
Is to be madly in love with you*
For my beautiful wife who has put up with me for 30 years this month.
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