I’ve been driving myself insane for a few days. I haven’t been able to get a song lyric out of my head. Lying in bed at night listening to my brain singing (wailing?) “I believe the children are our future, teach them well and let them lead the waaaaay” - time after time. What maddened me is that I couldn’t remember anything else about the song.

Finally, after remembering that this is the 21st Century, one Google search put me out of my misery. “The Greatest Love of All”, George Benson, 1977, recorded for the Muhammad Ali film “The Greatest”. Whitney Houston, 1986, #1 in Australia and USA, #8 in the UK, a lowly #21 in Germany. Peace at last.

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