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I have an empty space where my hugs go. I left my heart in Montana, my stuff in Quebec City and my body is here in Idaho. I took for granted the need for human touch, outside of the two best arms that I wrap myself in each night. Joe Jackson, does that name ringing a bell? Me neither. How about "Is she really going out with him"... now we are getting somewhere. Thanks to Taco Bell commercial in the 2008 we all know "One more time". He also wrote a song, The Human Touch.

The Human Touch by Joe Jackson

Some say the world is spinning faster
Some say it isn't fast enough
Some people say they've got the answer
and some are scared to say they can't keep up

I read the paper but it still isn't clear
The bombs are falling but I'm still here
I know all the figures and I know all the facts
But all I can do is keep trying . . . .
To look for the Human Touch

Life is hard when you've got nothing
Life can be hard when you've got too much
Sometimes I wonder what's the difference
It's only better with someone to touch

I got the telephone stuck to my ear
I keep yelling but you don't hear
In all the universe I'm just a speck of dust
But all I can do is keep trying . . . .
To give you the Human Touch

You know we're nothing in the scheme of things
Just microchips in big machines
And the world is spinning round and round
but I know that we can slow it down
And I know that I can make you see
I'm on the side of you and me

and all I want to do
listen to me . . .
Is give you . . . give you

Give you the Human Touch

I had no idea the impact of a hug, a hand on the shoulder or gentle touch of comfort. I do know now that with each gesture, I will give with it sincerity because I will never know when they had the human touch.