Bright Lights, Big City movie - Kindness lyrics

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Vicky:<br>

Well, it was my father really<br>

Indirectly speaking, Daddy never read philosophy<br>

But he lived by a strict philosophical code<br>

Dad was in investment banking<br>

Very proper, always thanking people<br>

He was kind to me; I’d sit on his knee when he’d get home<br>

He would say to me, <br>

‘Think of what the world could be if we could just be<br>

Kind to each other.’<br>

I thought about what Daddy said<br>

I thought about the thoughts in my head<br>

At 12 I found this book by Young<br>

‘Considering Thoughts of Modern Men’<br>

That was when I found I like<br>

To delve into the human psych<br>

And when my musings got confusing<br>

Daddy said, ‘Just do what you can<br>

And think of what the world could be<br>

If we could just be kind to each other.’<br>

And Daddy found another woman<br>

Daddy found much younger woman<br>

I came home to find Mommy flailing,<br>

Wailing at the wall<br>

Kindness, there’s not enough kindness in the world<br>

Daddy’s lying on a beach now<br>

With Gloria the stewardess<br>

His contradictions spilling out<br>

Of his new tight blue jeans<br>

So much for his riff on kindness<br>

I mark it down to human blindness<br>

But I don’t mind too much, cause I love him<br>

I say, ‘Nice jeans Dad.’<br>

Just to be kind<br>

Think of what the world could be<br>

If we could just be kind to each other<br>

Kindness, there’s not enough kindness in the world<br>

Kindness<br>

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