The REAL Greatest Love of All

MB, this is for you.

First, the one probably most folks are familiar with: Whitney Houston

But this is the version I love the best, the original, the one I’ve been singing for 30 years: the incomparable George Benson

I believe the children are our future
Teach them well
And let them lead the way
Show them all the beauty
They possess inside
Give them a sense of pride
To make it easier
Let the children’s laughter
Remind us how we used to be

Everybody’s searching for a hero
People need someone to look up to
I never found anyone
Who fulfilled my needs
A lonely place to be
And so I learned to depend on me.

I decided long ago
Never to walk in anyone’s shadow
If I fail, if I succeed
At least I’ll live as I believe
No matter what they take from me
They can’t take away my dignity

Because the greatest love of all
Is happening to me
I found the greatest love of all
Inside of me

The greatest love of all
Is easy to achieve
Learning to love yourself
It is the greatest love of all

I believe the children are our future
Teach them well
And let them lead the way
Show them all the beauty
They possess inside
Give them a sense of pride
To make it easier
Let the children’s laughter
Remind us how we used to be

I decided long ago
Never to walk in anyone’s shadow
If I fail, if I succeed
At least I’ll live as I believe.
No matter what they take from me
They can’t take away my dignity

Because the greatest love of all
Is happening to me
I found the greatest love of all
Inside of me
The greatest love of all
Is easy to achieve
Learning to love yourself
It is the greatest love of all

And If by chance that special place
That you’ve been dreaming of
Leads you to a lonely place
Find your strength in love

This entry was written by vjp and posted on Friday, November 21, 2008 at 8:43 pm and filed under Fun stuff. Bookmark the permalink. Follow any comments here with the RSS feed for this post. Both comments and trackbacks are currently closed.

10 Comments

  1. MB
    Posted Friday, November 21, 2008 at 8:47 pm | Permalink

    More like this ;)

  2. vjp
    Posted Friday, November 21, 2008 at 8:54 pm | Permalink

    Well, somebody around here has to demonstrate some musical taste ;)

  3. vjp
    Posted Friday, November 21, 2008 at 9:14 pm | Permalink

    Trivia time: name the movie that this song was written for. And no, Googling the answer doesn’t count.

  4. MB
    Posted Friday, November 21, 2008 at 9:26 pm | Permalink

    Well, somebody around here has to demonstrate some musical taste ;)

    Whaaa?!

    Don’t start what you can’t finish.

    ~

    And don’t be silly. That’s the greatest.

  5. vjp
    Posted Friday, November 21, 2008 at 9:31 pm | Permalink

    Well, I didn’t recognize a single one of the songs you listed in your post. (Usually don’t – you’ve got weird musical tastes :) )

    ~
    What’s the greatest – the movie?

  6. MB
    Posted Friday, November 21, 2008 at 10:26 pm | Permalink

    Well, I didn’t recognize a single one of the songs you listed in your post. (Usually don’t – you’ve got weird musical tastes :) )

    Tis a wonderful wonderful world out there. Which is why more people should talk about music they love.

    ~

    What’s the greatest – the movie?

    The subject! And I didn’t have to google it, either.

  7. vjp
    Posted Friday, November 21, 2008 at 11:38 pm | Permalink

    Were you even born in 1977? :)

  8. Mollie in VB
    Posted Saturday, November 22, 2008 at 9:09 am | Permalink

    Thanks, Vivian

    Opened this early today. What a beautiful way to start a day!

  9. virginiadem
    Posted Saturday, November 22, 2008 at 1:16 pm | Permalink

    Thanks for the reminder Vivian … George looks soooo young … I’m going off to look through my vinyl records and listen to some of his excellent guitar work

  10. MB
    Posted Sunday, November 23, 2008 at 9:29 am | Permalink

    Were you even born in 1977? :)

    Amazingly enough, I was. Didn’t exactly see it in the theater, though.