Friends don't have anything to prove to anybody, much less to each other...

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 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'm funny.

You think I'm funny too.

I like you because

You know where I'm ticklish

And you don't tickle me there

Except just a tiny bit…

Sometimes.

Stop!

But if you do, then I know where

to tickle you too.

You know how to be silly.

That's why I like you.

Boy! Are you ever silly!

I never met anyone 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.

Oops! Too late!

It's quarter past silly.

We fool around the same way all the time.

Sometimes we don't say a word.

We snurkle under fences,

We spy secret places.

If I'm a goofus on the roofus,

You are one too.

If I pretend I'm drowning,

You pretend you're saving me.

If I'm getting ready to pop open a paper bag,

Then you are ready to jump.

That's because you really like me.

You really like me, don't you?

And I like you back.

And that's the way we keep going

Everyday…

If I go away, the you go away.

Or if I stay home,

You send me a postcard.

You just don't say

Well, see you around sometime.

Bye.

I like you a lots because of that.

If we go away together

And I get lost in Grand Central Station,

Then you are the one that's yelling

for me:

Hey, where are you?

Here I am.

I like you because

When I'm feeling sad

You don't cheer me up right away.

Sometimes it's better to be sad.

You can't stand others being

so googly and googly

Every single moment.

You want to know about things.

It takes time.

I like you because

If I am mad at you

Then you get mad at me too.

It's awful when the other person isn't.

Phooey!

They are just so nice and so hoo-hoo you

could just punch them in the nose.

I like you because

When I think I am going to throw up

You don't pretend you are busy

Looking at the birds and all that.

You say: "Maybe it was something

you ate."

You say: "That happened to me one time."

And the same thing did.

If you find two four leaf clovers,

You give me one.

If I find four, I give you two.

If we find only three, we keep 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 lots of fun to have a

broken arm.

You tell me about mine

And I tell you about yours.

We both are sorry.

We write names and draw pictures.

We show everybody and they wish they

had broken arms 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--

It's the fourth of July

On the fifth of July.

And if you and I had some drums

And some horns and horses 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 nine hundredth and

ninety-ninth of July

Even if it was August

Even if it was way down at the bottom

of November

Even if it was no place in particular

in 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 like you - - -

I guess I like you - - -

Because I LIKE YOU.