Come on Over tells something about our friends and ourselves
Come On Over
If my life gets like a jigsaw with the pieces out of place,
Come on over, put a smile back on my face.
And if all my bad days come at once, you would know just what to do
Come on over, baby, you would see me through.
And if you think I need you,
come on over
Bring your love around, you can dry away my tears.
And if you think I need you, come on over,
Lay your body down, you know I will be here,
So bring your love around.
When I cannot see in front of me,
and I know my darkest day.
Come on over, you can take it all the way.
And if you think I need you, come on over
Bring your love around, you can wipe away my tears.
And if you think I need you, come on over.
Lay your body down, you know I will be here,
So bring your love around.
If you think, if you think I need you, come on over.
by B. Gibb and R. Gibb
Casserole Music Corp. Flamm Music Inc. B.M.I. Sung by Olivia Newton-John
Olivia Newton-John’s latest single reminds me of Lucy at her Psychiatric Help 5-cent office waiting for Charlie Brown to come by. Both say a lot about the importance of asking for help in times of trouble.
“Come On Over” is different from the cartoon Peanuts characters. It is more like real life. Charlie Brown seeks help directly while Olivia sings as one who knows she needs help at times but can’t bring herself to ask for it directly. Instead, she approaches it shyly “if you think I need you come on over.”
Asking for help is not always easy. We don’t like to admit we have weaknesses or that we can’t do everything for ourselves. We’d rather struggle alone than to let someone else know that sometimes we hurt inside.
Such an attitude is common today because our culture places such a big value on strength and makes fun of weakness. To admit weakness, we’re told, means that we are defective-no good-and this is not true at all.
We know deep down that it’s OK not to be perfect or strong always, but because we’re pressured to be the prettiest, the strongest, the best dressed, the winner, we tend to forget at times our worth as persons, imperfect though we are.
Look at the response to movies like “Brian’s Song” and “The Other Side of the Mountain.” These true stories touched many people because they showed how physical infirmity or even the closeness of death could not conquer the spirit. Strength prevailed in spite of weakness.
But it wasn’t personal strength alone that brought these people through their crises nor is it that way with us. It is only because people love us and accept us with our weaknesses as well as with our strengths that we can make it through life.
If “Come on Over” tells us something about ourselves that it’s not too bad to admit we need help even though we are hesitant - it also tells us something about others. We must be sensitive to the shy cries for help from people to live around us, people who are afraid they will be rejected if they admit weakness to us.
We must let each other know that because we are children of God, we are all worthwhile persons whose strength and beauty flow from our hearts and show best in the way we love one another.
By The Domeans