WHAT MATTERS MOST
(Dave Grusin / Alan Bergman / Marilyn Bergman)

Barbra Streisand 2011

This song from director Franco Zeffirelli's film 
"The Champ" (John Voight / Faye Dunaway) 1979
Song production directed by Barbra Streisand 
on her 33rd studio album 'What Matters Most'


Also recorded by:

Alan Bergman 2007 (when he was 81 years old)
Kenny Rankin
Nonoy Zuniga
Kris Aquino
Monte Ingersoll


It's not how long we held each other's hand
What matters is how well we loved each other
It's not how far we travelled on our way
But what we found to say
It's not the springs we’ve seen
But all the shades of green.

It's not how long I held you in my arms
What matters is how sweet the years together
It's not how many summer times we had to give to Fall
The early morning smiles we wistfully recall
What matters most is that we loved at all.

(bridge)

It's not how many summer times we had to give to Fall
The laughter and the tears we gratefully recall
What matters most is that we loved at all.



(Transcribed by David Story - July 2013)