original version by Sandol Stoddard Warburg
adapted version spoken at our wedding

Donna:

I like you and I know why.
I like you because you are a good person to like.
I like you because when I tell you something special, you know it’s special
And you remember it a long, long time.
You say, “Remember when you told me something special?”
And both of us remember

Mark:

When I think something is important
You think it’s important too
We have good ideas
When I say something funny, you laugh
I think I’m funny and you think I’m funny too

Donna:

I like you because you know where I’m ticklish
And you don’t tickle me there except just a little tiny bit sometimes
But if you do, then I know where to tickle you too
You know how to be silly
That’s why I like you
Boy are you ever silly
I never met anybody sillier than me till I met you

Mark:

I like you because you know when it’s time to stop being silly
Maybe day after tomorrow
Maybe never
Too late, it’s a quarter past silly!

Donna:

Sometimes we don’t say a word
We snurkle under bedcovers
We spy secret places
If I am a goofus on the roofus hollering my head off
You are one too

Mark:

If I pretend I am drowning, you pretend you are saving me
If I am getting ready to scare you from behind a door,
Then you are getting ready to jump
That’s because you really like me
And I really like you back
And you like me back and I like you back
And that’s the way we keep on going every day

Donna:

If you go away, then I go away too
Or if I stay home, you send me a postcard
You don’t just say “Well see you around sometime, bye”
I like you a lot because of that
If I go away, I send you a postcard too
And I like you because if we go away together
And if we are in the desert or the wilderness
And if I get lost
Then you are the one that is yelling for me

Mark:

And I like you because when I am feeling sad
You don’t always cheer me up right away
Sometimes it is better to be sad
You want to think about things
It takes time

Donna:

I like you because if I am mad at you
Then you are mad at me too
It’s awful when the other person isn’t
They are so nice you could just about punch them in the nose

Mark:

I like you because if I think I am going to throw up
Then you are really sorry
You don’t just pretend you are busy looking at the birdies and all that
You say, maybe it was something you ate
You say, the same thing happened to me one time
And the same thing did

Donna:

If you find two four-leaf clovers, you give me one
If I find four, I give you two
If we only find three, we keep on looking
Sometimes we have good luck, and sometimes we don’t

Mark:

I like you because I don’t know why but
Everything that happens is nicer with you
I can’t remember when I didn’t like you
It must have been lonesome then
I like you because because
I forget why I like you but I do

Donna:

So many reasons
On the  9th January I like you because it’s the 9th January.
On the 10th January, I’ll like you too

Mark:

If you and I had some drums and some horns and some horses
If we had some hats and some flags and some fire engines
We could be a HOLIDAY
We could be a CELEBRATION
We could be a WHOLE PARADE

Donna:

See what I mean?
Even if it was the 999th of January
Even if it was August
Even if it was way down at the bottom of November
Even if it was no place particular in May
I would go on choosing you
And you would go on choosing me
Over and over again

Mark:

That’s how it would happen every time
I don’t know why
I guess I don’t know why I really like you

Donna:

Why do I like you
I guess I just like you
I guess I just like you because I like you