Album: Bright Lights, Big City Soundtrack

Kindness

Vicky:
Well, it was my father really
Indirectly speaking, Daddy never read philosophy
But he lived by a strict philosophical code
Dad was in investment banking
Very proper, always thanking people
He was kind to me; I’d sit on his knee when he’d get home
He would say to me,
‘Think of what the world could be if we could just be
Kind to each other.’
I thought about what Daddy said
I thought about the thoughts in my head
At 12 I found this book by Young
‘Considering Thoughts of Modern Men’
That was when I found I like
To delve into the human psych
And when my musings got confusing
Daddy said, ‘Just do what you can
And think of what the world could be
If we could just be kind to each other.’
And Daddy found another woman
Daddy found much younger woman
I came home to find Mommy flailing,
Wailing at the wall
Kindness, there’s not enough kindness in the world
Daddy’s lying on a beach now
With Gloria the stewardess
His contradictions spilling out
Of his new tight blue jeans
So much for his riff on kindness
I mark it down to human blindness
But I don’t mind too much, cause I love him
I say, ‘Nice jeans Dad.’
Just to be kind
Think of what the world could be
If we could just be kind to each other
Kindness, there’s not enough kindness in the world
Kindness