Stand By You

So I have a student who is now a junior and has become one of my favorite kids.  A turning point for us was her freshman year when she was sitting in my office, and I had a country station on.  Jason Aldean's Big Green Tractor came on, and she starting singing under her breath.  The she looked at me very seriously, almost with concern in her voice and said, "Miss, I think that I might like country music."  I told her that it was ok to like country music and that was that.  Sophomore year I let her go up to my office before me and let herself in.  When I got upstairs, she had figured out how to turn my radio on and was listening to the country station, singing away.  So, it has become a long standing joke between us that she was "scared" to like country music, and now she sits in my office and we watch country music videos together (yes, I get paid to do this).  She is the one that brought this song to my attention, and I started liking it.  She told me that it was the best song about friendship.  Not going to lie...haven't been the biggest fan of Rascal Flatts recently but they hold a lot of good friendship memories for me.  I was listening to this song today, thinking about my student and my friends and realized that it reminds me of another friendship song that was important to me when I was her age.  So here are both songs....new then old.

Rascal Flatts - I Won't Let Go
http://youtu.be/Af8mB9ABuJA

It's like a storm
That cuts a path
It breaks your will
It feels like that
You think you're lost
But you're not lost on your own,
You're not alone

I will stand by you,
I will help you through
When you've done all you can do
and you can't cope
I will dry your eyes,
I will fight your fight
I will hold you tight
and I won't let go

It hurts my heart to see you cry
I know its dark this part of life
Oh it find us all and we're to small
to stop the rain
Oh but when it rains

I will stand by you,
I will help you through
When you've done all you can do
and you can't cope
I will dry your eyes,
I will fight your fight
I will hold you tight
and I won't let you fall

Don't be afraid to fall
I'm right here to catch you
I won't let you down
It won't get you down
You're gonna make it
I know you can make it

Cause I will stand by you,
I will help you through
When you've done all you can do
and you can't cope
I will dry your eyes,
I will fight your fight
I will hold you tight
and I won't let go

Oh I'm gonna hold you
and I won't let go
Won't let you go
No I won't

Dionne Warwick and Friends - Thanks What Friends Are For
http://youtu.be/EE9KT_dU_R8