Paul Williams, who turns 84 today, is one of my favorite songwriters. His lyrics are deceptively simple, sometimes nearly childlike, but his songs invariably get to the heart of the human condition. Forthwith, one of my favorite lyrics (and there are so many to choose from!):
Why are there so many songs about rainbows
And what’s on the other side?
Rainbows are visions, but only illusions,
And rainbows have nothing to hide.
So we’ve been told and some choose to believe it
I know they’re wrong, wait and see.
Someday we’ll find it, the rainbow connection,
The lovers, the dreamers and me.