NOT ABOUT MONEY

IT CAN BE A WARM SMILE, KIND WORDS, OR A SINCERE HELLO.

IT COST YOU NOTHING BUT THE TIME TO DO SO,

IT’S A RARE THING THESE DAYS

AND PEOPLE ARE ALWAYS IN SEARCH OF IT.

WE CAN GO THRU LIFE AND MEET PEOPLE

WE NEVER SEE AGAIN, BUT IF WE DO

IT’S NICE TO KNOW THAT,

THAT SOMEONE IS YOU.

JUST KIND WORDS, A INSIDE JOKE,

A LOOK, THAT YOU MADE MY DAY

ALL FREE, NO HIDDEN REASON FOR KINDNESS

AND WHAT A WAY TO BE.

SO FOR ME, I LOOK TO YOU,

AND WHAT A NICE GUY I SEE,

AND FOR ME IT CAME FREE.

IT’S NOT ABOUT MONEY YOU SEE,

ONLY  THE WAY YOU TREAT ME.

AND BECAUSE I’M A WOMAN,

I DEMAND NOTHING BUT

RESPECT,

SO NO NEED TO WORRY

YOUR MONEY IS SAFE FROM ME.

SO YOU SEE, IT’S NOT ABOUT THE MONEY FOR ME.

IT’S THE WARM SMILE, THE WAY YOU MADE ME LAUGH,

THE TIME FOR CONVERSATION,

THAT REALLY PLEASED ME.

AND AS FREELY AS IT WAS GIVEN,

IT WAS GIVEN BACK TO THEE,

SO IF EVER IN DOUBT.

TAKE THE TIME TO SEE,

JUST WHAT IT IS, YOU LIKE ABOUT ME.

FRIENDSHIP I SEE, CAME TO BOTH OF US FREE, THE TIME TO BE KIND

JUST LOOK AND SEE.

NOT ABOUT THE MONEY,

ONLY WHO I SEE,

IT’S ABOUT YOU…

DEDICATED TO: JR

10/23/98