Marty Balin (born Martyn Jerel Buchwald; January 30, 1942) is an American musician. He is best known as the founder and one of the lead singers of the psychedelic rock band Jefferson Airplane and its spin-off Jefferson Starship.

 

 

 
TODAY

Lyrics by Marty Balin and Paul Kantner
 

Today, I feel like pleasing you more than before
Today, I know what I wanna do, but I don’t know what for

To be living for you is all I want to do
To be loving you it’ll all be there when my dreams come true

Today you’ll make me say that I somehow have changed
Today you’ll look into my eyes, I’m just not the same

To be any more than all I am would be a lie
I’m so full of love I could burst apart and start to cry

Today, everything you want I swear it all will come true
Today, I realize how much I’m in love with you

With you standing here, I could tell the world what it means to love
To go on from here, I can’t use words they don’t say enough

Please, please listen to me
It’s taken so long to come true
And it’s all for you, all for you