Be Kind to Strangers
Someone else’s familiar face
Is waiting at the window
Of someone else’s favorite place
Not for me to come in, though.
Should I keep to the road
Look down at my feet
Turn the other cheek?
There’s a time to be shy
A time to be bolder
And nothing is colder
Than ‘the shoulder’
Be Kind, Be Kind
Be Kind to Strangers
Be Kind, Be Kind
Be Kind to Strangers
So here I am, a different face
Won’t you look into my eyes
And smile at this once-empty space
That I now occupy?
There’s a time to be shy
A time to be bolder
And nothing is colder
Than ‘the shoulder’
Be Kind, Be Kind
Be Kind to Strangers
Be Kind, Be Kind
Be Kind to Strangers
Be Kind, Be Kind
Be Kind to Strangers
Be Kind, Be Kind
Be Kind to Strangers
But I Wonder
I once met a girl so young / I could tell by her actions
So I asked her to be the one/ I’m talkin’ dereliction
She didn’t say anything / So I walked away
I guess she didn’t know the meaning / But I wonder still today
Ah-ha ah-a-a-a-ah
But I Wonder
Ah-ha ah-a-a-a-ah
But I Wonder
I went to another place / I knew she’d never been there
But my heart began to race / and I didn’t care
I went from door to Doria / asked for her by her name
They’d never heard of her before / But I Wonder just the same
Ah-ha ah-a-a-a-ah
But I Wonder
Ah-ha ah-a-a-a-ah
But I Wonder
I still am caught in the spell / for all it seems
I think I’ll never get well / I surrender to this dream
If I’ve been wrong all along / there’s no more I can say
Both the real and the dream girl are gone / But I Wonder anyway
Ah-ha ah-a-a-a-ah
But I Wonder
Ah-ha ah-a-a-a-ah
But I Wonder
Ah-ha ah-a-a-a-ah
But I Wonder
Ah-ha ah-a-a-a-ah
Evicted
Sitting there sipping a cup of coffee
At a stoplight in Berkeley in his pick-up truck
An emergency crew was stopped there too;
They rushed in when the tree fell and crushed him
And everybody said it was so weird
Something nobody would have predicted
But we are all just tenants here
And that day, that guy got
Evicted
No legal notice
Evicted
No posted warning
Evicted
Just a final summons
Evicted
That fateful morning.
Driving south through Vacaville in the rain
a car hit a cow in the northbound lane
That heifer flew and crashed into the windshield of her truck
And they were both out of luck
And everybody said it was so weird
Something nobody would have predicted
But we are all just tenants here
And that day that gal and that cow got
Evicted
No legal notice
Evicted
No posted warning
Evicted
Just a final summons
Evicted
And now we’re mourning.
Don’t mistake what I’m saying now
This isn’t legal advice
But steering clear of falling trees and flying cows
Would be nice.
Evicted
No legal notice
Evicted
No posted warning
Evicted
Just a final summons
Evicted
Some fateful morning.
Who Made It Be That Way
When I was a child
I was treated so bad
Ignored by my mom
And abused by my dad
I learned loving meant pain
And being alone
Calling somebody’s name
Whose love never came home
Don’t tell me I’m wrong:
I know what I’ve known,
I’m not the one
Who made it be that way
Well, a voice in my head says
It’s always the same
But a voice in my heart says
Let go of the pain
Still, when I feel love
I clamp down really hard
‘Cause I keep that bad dog
Tied up in the yard.
Don’t tell me I’m wrong
Don’t tell me I’m wrong
I’m not the one…
Who made it be that way?
I ran away to the church
A child alone
They didn’t want to know
What was going on
Got there in the dark
The door was locked
So I waited in the breezeway.
At sun up, a woman came
Looked at me sideways,
Didn’t ask my name and stated:
I’ll give you some toast,
You can sit and eat with us,
But don’t speak to Father
About why you came.
It was all I could do
To run away
And sit there in the dark so bold
But in the light of day
I was a good girl
I did what I was told
I did what I was told
I choked down that dry toast
As if it was the host
And waited for the priest
To ask me to speak
But he wouldn’t look up
Over his coffee cup
Just kept his nose stuck
In the newspaper
And the teacher calling
Yet again
School work is suffering
Is there something at home?
I ran away to the church
A child alone
They didn’t want to know
What was going on
I ran away to my friends
But they couldn’t help me.
I’ve been living in hell
‘cause I thought that I had to
Treat myself well—
I never learned how to.
If you come to my door
I’d really like to let you in
But how can I be sure
It won’t happen again?
Don’t tell me I’m wrong
Don’t tell me I’m wrong
I’m not the one
Who made it be that way.
Don’t tell me I’m wrong
Don’t tell me I’m wrong
I’m not the one
Who made it be that way.
Don’t tell me I’m wrong
Don’t tell me I’m wrong
I’m not the one—
Who made it be that way?