"Love Changes Everything"--Tribute to Ted Kennedy

Tonight, at the wake of Ted Kennedy, his friend and former staff member, Nick Littlefield, sang a song to honor the great senator: "Love Changes Everything." As I listened to the words, I thought--yes, that's exactly right, exactly right. Here are the words of that song, sung by Michael Ball and found in the musical Aspects of Love, book and music by Andrew Lloyd Webber and lyrics by Don Black and Charles Hart:

"LOVE CHANGES EVERYTHING"

Love, love changes everything
Hands and faces, earth and sky
Love, love changes everything
How you live and how you die
Love, can make the summer fly
Or a night seem like a lifetime
Yes love, love changes everything
Now I tremble at your name
Nothing in the world will ever be the same

Love, love changes everything
Days are longer, words mean more
Love, love changes everything
Pain is deeper than before
Love will turn your world around
And that world will last forever
Yes love, love changes everything
Brings you glory, brings you shame
Nothing in the world will ever be the same

Off into the world we go
Planning futures, shaping years
Love comes in and suddenly all our wisdom disappears
Love makes fools of everyone
All the rules we made are broken
Yes love, love changes everyone
Live or perish in its flame
Love will never never let you be the same
Love will never never let you be the same

Here's a link to Nick Littlefield's performance at Ted Kennedy's wake: http://www.necn.com/Boston/Politics/2009/08/28/Kennedy-memorial-Love/1251504814.html

There's a performance of this song by Michael Ball at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gnLE0N87T6k