got a good friend? send them this video

This morning I watched this video (James Taylor's "You've Got a Friend") and the words moved me so much that I sent the link to some friends I saw back home in Massachusetts when I was on vacation a couple weeks ago.

I've already heard back from a couple friends who said this made them cry, that they forgot they were loved. That made me happy.

Is there someone in your life who needs reminding that they've got a friend? If so, here's the YouTube link:

http://youtu.be/scxIIk-NT-Y


And here are the lyrics in case you'd like to get creative with your email/ text / twitter.

When you're down and troubled and you need a helping hand
and nothing, whoa, nothing is going right.
Close your eyes and think of me and soon I will be there to brighten up even your darkest nights.

You just call out my name, and you know where ever I am
I'll come running to see you again.
Winter, spring, summer, or fall, all you have to do is call and I'll be there, yeah, yeah,
you've got a friend.

If the sky above you should turn dark and full of clouds
and that old north wind should begin to blow,
keep your head together and call my name out loud.
Soon I will be knocking upon your door.
You just call out my name, and you know where ever I am
I'll come running to see you again.
Winter, spring, summer, or fall, all you have to do is call and I'll be there.

Hey, ain't it good to know that you've got a friend? People can be so cold.
They'll hurt you and desert you. Well, they'll take your soul if you let them,
oh yeah, but don't you let them.

You just call out my name, and you know where ever I am
I'll come running to see you again.
Winter, spring, summer, or fall, all you have to do is call, Lord, I'll be there, yeah, yeah,
you've got a friend. You've got a friend.
Ain't it good to know you've got a friend. Ain't it good to know you've got a friend.
Oh, yeah, yeah, you've got a friend.