You lift me up
About this song
Irma wrote this love song for Lee on the morning after the Bony Mountain Folk Festival in 2016, while he was still asleep. The song was later reworked with a new melody for Lee’s birthday in 2019.
The song is about helping each other navigate the many obstacles in life, together stronger.
You lift me up when I’m feeling down
That’s why I like to have you around.
You pick me up when I’m feeling blue
That’s why I like to be with you
Not every day the sun does shine
There are days of laughter and of pain
With fires and floods, disasters unfold
Not all is true of what we’re told.
You lift me up when I’m feeling down
That’s why I like to have you around.
You pick me up when I’m feeling blue
That’s why I like to be with you
I’m making plans every day
It helps me stay on track that way
But then some big or little things go wrong
And I think about this song
You lift me up when I’m feeling down
That’s why I like to have you around.
You pick me up when I’m feeling blue
That’s why I like to be with you
You are my beacon of light
Guiding me when things get tight
Happiness is never far
You are my love you are my star
You lift me up when I’m feeling down
That’s why I like to have you around.
You pick me up when I’m feeling blue
That’s why I like to be with you