I’m always on the lookout for songs that speak about marriage. (Someday Carol and I will do a marriage seminar based some great songs that speak to marriage.)
I found another one in the new Disney movie, Frozen. No spoilers here, but the story line involves a princess who runs away from the castle and meets a county bumpkin. The guy takes her home to his family who assumes that she is to be his bride. When she hesitates his family sings a really cute song, “Fixer Upper.”
The songs starts with his family listing a few of his flaws. Then they sing these words:
So he’s a bit of a fixer-upper, but this we’re certain of
You can fix this fixer-upper up with a little bit of love!
When he indicates questions about her they sing
Everyone’s a bit of a fixer-upper, but when push comes to shove
The only fixer-upper fixer that can fix up a fixer-upper is —
True, true, true, true, true, true, love
Good message – We are all fixer uppers. No need to hide that. And the way to fix another is love.
Again, I won’t spoil it for you, but the movie does a good job of showing what real love is and is not. While the movie does not use these words it certainly conveys the meaning of real love, the kind the Apostle Paul wrote about in I Corinthians 13:
Love is patient, love is kind.
It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud.
It does not dishonor others, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered,
it keeps no record of wrongs.
Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth.
It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.
Love never fails.
The words are below but to really get the full impact, go see the movie. It is a good uplifting story.
Fixer Upper
Is it the clumpy way he walks or the grumpy way he talks?
Or the pear-shaped, square-shaped weirdness of his feet?
And though we know he washes well-he always ends up sort of smelly
But you’ll never meet a fellow who’s as sensitive and sweet!
So he’s a bit of a fixer-upper, so he’s got a few flaws
Like his peculiar brain-dear, his thing with the reindeer
That’s a little outside of nature’s laws!
So he’s a bit of a fixer-upper, but this we’re certain of
You can fix this fixer-upper up with a little bit of love!
Is it the way that he runs scared, or that he’s socially impaired
Or that he only likes to tinkle in the woods — what?!
Are you holding back your fondness due to his unmanly blondness
Or the way he covers up that he’s the honest goods
He’s just a bit of a fixer-upper, he’s got a couple of bugs
His isolation is confirmation of his desperation for human hugs
So he’s a bit of a fixer-upper, but we know what to do
The way to fix up this fixer-upper is to fix him up with you!
So she’s a bit of a fixer-upper, that’s a minor thing
This quote ‘engagement’ is a flex arrangement
And by the way I don’t see no ring!
So she’s a bit of a fixer-upper, her brain’s a bit betwixt
Get the fiance out of the way and the whole thing will be fixed
We’re not saying you can change her, ‘cuz people don’t really change
We’re only saying that love’s a force that’s powerful and strange
People make bad choices if they’re mad, or scared, or stressed
Throw a little love their way (throw a little love their way) and you’ll bring out their best
True love brings out their best!
Everyone’s a bit of a fixer-upper, that’s what it’s all about!
Father! Sister! Brother! We need each other to raise us up and round us out
Everyone’s a bit of a fixer-upper, but when push comes to shove
The only fixer-upper fixer that can fix up a fixer-upper is —
True, true, true, true, true, true, love
True love, love, love, love, love, true love
Lyrics from - http://www.fanpop.com/clubs/frozen/articles/222981/title/frozen-fixer-upper-lyrics-warning-spoilers
Bible quote from Holy Bible, New International Version®, NIV® Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc.® I Corinthians 13: 4 - 8a
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