With A Little Help From My Friends

A windy selfie that captures these happy friends

The last couple of times I've been to DC, I haven't managed to get together with my friend from Madison who moved there a few years ago, but this time, we made it work.

We met for dinner tonight, and it was so nice to see him. We like to talk to each other about a range of things, but our too main topics are probably politics and love/sex, so he was anxious to get caught up on what was going on in my life.

He didn't love where I am at the moment, and suggested I get back into online dating, of which he is a veteran. I bristled, he persisted. He made some good points, and said what so many other people have said to me when I say "But I don't want to date anyone else" -- that this is a fake it 'til you make it situation. Maybe it is. I don't know.

But I do know that it was wonderful to spend a couple of hours with my friend, and it lifted my spirits mightily, not to mention getting this number fired up on the internal jukebox:

What would you think if I sang out of tune
Would you stand up and walk out on me?
Lend me your ears and I'll sing you a song
And I'll try not to sing out of key
Oh I get by with a little help from my friends
Mm I get high with a little help from my friends
Mm going to try with a little help from my friends

What do I do when my love is away?
(Does it worry you to be alone?)
How do I feel by the end of the day?
(Are you sad because you're on your own?)
No I get by with a little help from my friends
Mm I get high with a little help from my friends
Mm going to try with a little help from my friends

(Do you need anybody?)
I need somebody to love
(Could it be anybody?)
I want somebody to love

Yes I do. And not just someone in theory, someone in the flesh:

(Would you believe in a love at first sight?)
Yes I'm certain that it happens all the time
(What do you see when you turn out the light?)
I can't tell you, but I know it's mine
Oh I get by with a little help from my friends
Mm I get high with a little help from my friends
Oh I'm going to try with a little help from my friends

Usually I have a clear favorite between the original, linked above, and a cover. This one's a toss-up: Joe Cocker really nails this song and kinda makes it his own...