I Love You Because Lyrics - Jan Howard

(I love you for a hundred thousand reasons 

But most of all I love you cause you're you) 

Why do I love you I love you not only for what you are 

But for what I am when I'm with you 

I love you not only for what you've made of yourself 

But for what you're making of me 

And why do I love you I love you because you're helping me 

To build from the lumber of my life not a tavern but a temple 

From the words of my every day not a reproach but a song 

(I love you because you understand dear 

But most of all I love you cause you're you) 

I love you for ignorin' the possibilities of a fool in me 

And for laying firm hold on the possibilities of a good in me 

I love you because you've done more than any creed to make me happy 

And you've done it without a word 

And you've done it without a touch 

Without even a sign you've done it just by being yourself 

(But most of all I love you cause you're you) 

Perhaps after all that's what love really is