I have many great memories involving Burt Bacharach songs, but this is my favorite one... Preamble: I think Karen Carpenter was my first crush. She had an amaz

I have many great memories involving Burt Bacharach songs, but this is my favorite one... Preamble: I think Karen Carpenter was my first crush. She had an amazing voice that caught my attention and my interest from the first time I heard her sing. That first song might've been 'They Long To Be (Close To You),' penned by Mr. Bacharach (and Hal David.) The story: Many years later, not long after I'd moved to a new town, I was hanging out at a cookout with a long-time friend and one of her roommates. Their other roommate, a high school chemistry teacher, shows up and starts complaining that the guys who were interested in her were all nerds. So I borrowed a line from the song and start singing 'Why do NERDS suddenly appear, every time you are near?' And her roommates join in and complete the verse with me, much to the chemistry teacher's chagrin. Eventually, probably mostly not due to this choice, the chemistry teacher became my wife. Thank you for the help Mr. Bacharach. RIP.