Love Bug has a FAVOURITE song.

Do you remember your first favourite song? Not one you just liked and turned up a little louder when it came on the radio, but one you sought out, played, paused and replayed. Over and over. Until you knew every note and word by heart. And then some.

THAT kind of FAVOURITE song.

When I was a kid and uncovered a favourite song, listening to it and learning the words involved finding a tape recorder, having it at the ready with a fresh tape, in front of the radio just waiting and hoping for the DJ to announce your favourite song was coming up. Then hoping they didn’t speak over the intro or the end of the song. And that no-one in your household would make a peep to ruin the ambiance.

Learning the words took hours. Play, pause, write a few words down, rewind and repeat until you had what you thought were the correct lyrics. Rewind to the beginning and sing along. And … repeat.

In the less than three weeks since we first watched The Greatest Showman Love Bug {ergo: Love Bug, mumma, Beary and Harry} has listened to the soundtrack innumerable times.

While the entire soundtrack is played regularly, and there are a few songs on high rotation {Never Enough, Rewrite the Stars and Tightrope are sung daily} it is A Million Dreams that gets top billing. I’ve watched her load them on iTunes, then scroll through the lyrics singing along, until she has them memorised. {Oh, so much easier than the old tape deck!}

I asked her what it was about A Million Dreams that she liked so much. Was it the music, the lyrics?

Both mumma. It makes me think of the what the world could be.

What would that world look like Love Bug?

There would be Love everywhere and for everyone, there would be no pounds, there would be no-one hurting or eating animals, no-one would dump dogs, and there would be houses for the homeless people and their animals.

Something tells me the future is in very good hands.

{And yes, I may have shed a small tear or two!}