My New Best Friend
© Daniel D. Taddei 2001
I saw myself in the mirror today and I was 6 months old
I held me up to my shoulder and the world was big and bold
I smiled at me and laughed and turned and there I was again
My new born son who has my smile and born my new best friend
The sun burns on
Winds blow by
It may all start to look the same
Without looking in your own eyes
Well the tide just ebbed again
It’s a million-year-old trend
But it’s the first time I got to show it to my new best friend
I’ve climbed mountains and sailed the seas and flown and played in bands
I found love and won in sports and made things with my hands
Just when I thought I’d done it all, and getting bored with time
There’s a brand new me, and banyon tree, just begging to be climbed
The earth spins ‘round
Clouds blow by
It may all start to look the same
Without looking in your own eyes
Well the tide just flooded in
It’s a million-year-old trend
But it’s the first time I got to show it to my new best friend
I saw myself in the mirror today with an ear to ear wide smile
Never thought there could be such a love for such a tiny child
Then it occurred to me, that it’s the one thing that life has to lend
I saw myself in the mirror with my little new best friend
Sunday, June 8, 2008
About: My New Best Friend.
I have a large oak mirror that use to hang on a wall in the place we lived when my son was born. One day, my 6 month old baby, Justin, was sitting on my right shoulder as we bounced around the room. I turned and looked into the mirror and there he was - there I was.
I looked at his cute little toothless smile and I had a cumulus memory of the past 6 months and a revelation of what was to come. I sat down and played this song and its about my son Justin, my new best friend.
