It’s A Beautiful Day In The Neighborhood…

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I try to be a positive person and on my drive to work I chant, say prayers for my family and friends, and send light to our planet…  But one peculiar thing I do which no one else knows about is:  I sing, “It’s a beautiful day in the neighborhood, It’s a beautiful day in the neighborhood, won’t you be my neighbor”…  I don’t know what it is about this song that stuck with me al throughout these years.  It’s the only line I know and I repeat it constantly to myself on my drive to work each morning…  Some days I sing it more than others…  I guess it depends on my mood in the morning…

It’s so nice out today and I was singing it at the top of my lungs…  I thought I spread some corny cheerfulness to all my friends out there…

It’s the opening song for a children’s program created by Fred Rogers…  I use to watch this program with my kids when they were little…  They watched it over and over again…  Perhaps that is why I bonded so much with the song or it is just the pretty words…  It emanates happy thoughts for the rest of my day…

Here’s the video I found on YouTube and I also the lyrics for anyone that cares to sing along…

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vtc7A67kZlQ
LYRICS:
It’s a beautiful day in this neighborhood,
A beautiful day for a neighbor.
Would you be mine?
Could you be mine?…

It’s a neighborly day in this beauty wood,
A neighborly day for a beauty.
Would you be mine?
Could you be mine?…

I’ve always wanted to have a neighbor just like you.
I’ve always wanted to live in a neighborhood with you.

So, let’s make the most of this beautiful day.
Since we’re together we might as well say:
Would you be mine?
Could you be mine?
Won’t you be my neighbor?
Won’t you please,
Won’t you please?
Please won’t you be my neighbor?

Won’t You Be My Neighbor
By Fred M. Rogers
© 1967