I Like You

Sandol Stoddard Warburg

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I likeyouand 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 special And you remember it a long, long time. You say, “Remember when you told me something special?” And both of us remember.

When I think something is important you think it’s important too We have good ideas When I say something funny, you laugh I think I’mfunnyand you think I’m funny too Hah-hah!

I like you because you know whereI'm ticklish. And you don’t tickle me there except just a little tiny bit sometimes. But if you do, then I know where to tickle you too.

You know how to besilly That’s why I like you Boy are you ever silly I never met anybody sillier than me till I met you I like you because you know when it’s time to stop being silly Maybe day after tomorrow Maybe never Too late, it’s a quarter past silly!

Sometimes we don’t say a word We snurkle under fences We spy secret places If I am a goofus on the roofus hollering my head off You are one too If I pretend I am drowning, you pretend you are saving me If I am getting ready to pop a paper bag, then you are getting ready to jump HOORAY!

That’s becauseyoureally like me You really like me, don’t you? And I really like you back And you like me back and I like you back And that’s the way we keep on going every day.

If you go away, then I go away too or if I stay home, you send me a postcard You don’t just say “Well see you around sometime, bye” I like you a lot because of that If I go away, I send you a postcard too And I like you because if we go away together And if we are in Grand Central Station And if I get lost Then you are the one that is yelling for me.

And I like youbecause

when I am feeling sad You don’t always cheer me up right away Sometimes it is better to be sad You can’t stand the others being so googly and gaggly every single minute You want to think about things It takes time I like you because if I am mad at you Then you are mad at me too It’s awful when the other person isn’t They are so nice and hoo-hoo you could just about punch them in the nose.

I like you because if I think I am going to throw up then you are really sorry You don’t just pretend you are busy looking at the birdies and all that You say, maybe it was something you ate You say, the same thing happened to me one time And the same thing did.

Ifyoufind two four-leaf clovers, you give me one If I find four, I give you two If we only find three, we keep on looking Sometimes we have good luck, and sometimes we don’t If I break my arm, and if you break your arm too Then it’s fun to have a broken arm I tell you about mine, you tell me about yours We are both sorry We write our names and draw pictures We show everybody and theywishthey had a broken arm too.

I like you because I don’t know why but Everything that happens is nicer with you I can’t remember when I didn’t like you It must have been lonesome then I like you because because because I forget why I like you but I do.

So many reasons On the 4th of July I like you because it’s the 4th of July On the fifth of July, I like you too If you and I had some drums and some horns and some horses If we had some hats and some flags and some fire engines We could be a HOLIDAY We could be a CELEBRATION We could be a WHOLE PARADE

See what I mean? Even if it was the 999th of July Even if it was August Even if it was way down at the bottom of November Even if it was no place particularin January I would go on choosing you And you would go on choosing me Over and over again.

That’s how it would happen every time I don’t know why I guess I don’t know why I really like you Why do I like you I guess I just like you I guess I just like you because I like you.

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