(Spoken word)
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(Music)
Although I speak in tongues
Of men and angels
I'm just sounding brass
And tinkling cymbals without love
Love suffers long
Love is kind!
Enduring all things
Hoping all things
Love has no evil in mind
If I had the gift of prophecy
And all the knowledge
And the faith to move the mountains
Even if I understood all of the mysteries
If I didn't have love
I'd be nothing
Love never looks for love
Love's not puffed up
Or envious
Or touchy
Because it rejoices in the truth
Not in iniquity
Love sees like a child sees

(Spoken word)
I will greet this day with love in my heart
Henceforth will I look on all things with love
I will be born again.
I will love the sun for it warms my bones
Yet I will love the rain for it cleanses my spirit.
I will love the light for it shows me the way
Yet I will love the darkness for it shows me the stars.
I will welcome happiness for it enlarges my heart
I will endure sadness for it opens my soul.

(Music)
As a child I spoke as a child
I thought and I understood as a child
But when I became a woman
I put away childish things
And began to see through a glass darkly
Where as a child I saw it face to face
Now I only know it in part
Fractions in me
Of faith and hope and love
And of these great three
Love's the greatest beauty
Love
Love
Love

(Spoken word)
I will love the ambitious for they can inspire me.
I will love the failures for they can teach me.
I will love the meek for they are divine.
The rich for they are yet lonely
I will love the poor for they are so many.
I will love the young for the faith they hold.
I will love the old for the wisdom they share.
I will love the beautiful for their eyes of sadness.
I will greet this day with love in my heart
I will greet this day with love in my heart

Copyright: Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada (SOCAN)
Writer(s): Joni Mitchell