Now’s the time to “Give a Little Bit” Now’s the time that we need to share, so send a smile and show that you care.
Never underestimate the difference a smile from the heart can make in this world.
The Tsunami tragedy has brought up a lot of feelings for all of us. One of the ways I have found to help with fear and sadness is to share a smile and show that I care.
When I do this from my heart to people I meet in my life, I feel better, happier and stronger inside.
For those who can, now is the time to reach out and give of our time at one of the local organizations in town. And also know that simply smiling and showing that we care makes a big difference in the world. Lots of kids are showing up and helping in many different ways.
Giving a little bit of our love, sharing a smile, and showing that we care is a basic teaching in life. And I believe even those that live halfway around the globe can somehow feel the love we give to them from our hearts.
With love,
Roger Hodgson
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Give a Little Bit
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Give a little bit — give a little bit of your love to me
I’ll give a little bit — give a little bit of my love to you
There’s so much that we need to share
So send a smile and show you care
Give a little bit — I’ll give a little bit of my life for you
So give a little bit — give a little bit of your time to me
See the man with the lonely eyes
Oh take his hand you’ll be so surprised
Give a little bit — give a little bit of your love to me
I’ll give a little bit — I’ll give a little bit of my life for you
Now’s the time that we need to share
So find yourself — we’re on our way back home
Oh we’re going home
Don’t you need, don’t you need to get back home
Oh yeah we’re going back
We got to get a feeling
Got to get a feeling
Get a feeling right now
We’ve come a long way
Oh what a long ride
We’ve come a long way
Oh can we sing it tonight
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Interpretation of lyrics for “Give a Little Bit”
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I was a teenager when I wrote Give a Little Bit. Even then, the love that I was writing about was a universal love, not just a boy-to-a-girl type of love. This song is very special to me because its simple message is timeless.
Give a little bit — give a little bit of your love to me
I feel that giving a little bit of our love to each other is one of our main purposes in life.
There’s so much that we need to share
So send a smile and show you care
One of the ways we can share is by showing that we care — showing compassion, comfort, and uplifting and inspiring each other.
Gave a little bit — I gave a little bit of my life for you
So give a little bit — give a little bit of your time to me
We can express our love by giving some of our life to others, by giving of our time and self, and receiving others’ love in return.
See the man with the lonely eyes
Oh take his hand you’ll be so surprised
Many of us feel lonely. When you see someone that is lonely, if you show that you care and reach out, it really makes a difference. It is very surprising the response that you receive — most often it will be love, happiness and gratitude.
Now’s the time that we need to share
So find yourself — we’re on our way back home
I believe that one of the most important things in life is to find our self; our heart, our soul, our true purpose for being here. We head back home by finding our self and sharing our love. I believe we all want to go back “Home”, that place deep inside our self that is our heart, our true essence, our soul, God, Heaven — that place where we feel everything is right in the world, everything is ok, everything is wonderful, I’m ok and you’re ok. That place of oneness.
We got to get a feeling
Got to get a feeling
Get a feeling right now
When I sing about feeling, it’s the feeling of love I mean — that’s what we’re all looking for and what helps us get back home.
We’ve come a long way
Oh what a long ride
The long ride is like the journey of life, and the song is about joining together in this journey. So tonight we can sing; we can find our way back home through opening our hearts and feeling the remembrance of our love.
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