Kindness Songtext
von Smallgang

Excuse me there would you be so kind
To lend me now a pound or five
I′ve lost my wallet and I'm late
To visit my wife in hospital

She loves me so but her heart
Is so tender and delicate
She worries at her own shadow
And gnaws her teeth till they′re as flat as slate

Where is your kindness?
Where is your kindness?

Meet me at the place at the end of the high street
Meet me there tonight and I will sort you out
And I'll buy you a pint of whatever suits your tongue
I will sort you out, I will set you right


When we met, when we were young
I could not have foreseen the sight
Of her drizzle face
Or the bellow of her sighing lungs

First she never bore a care
Or was twisting hands or clearing crumbs
Now the grease of her woes
Stains her skin's linoleum

Where is your kindness?
Where is your kindness?

When we first were courting
We took a train to the sea
And on the journey home the clatter lulled her to sleep
I trod the path of her hair and I could hardly believe
That she′d chosen my shoulder I hope she′d never leave
The weight on my shoulder, no despair up my sleeve
The weight on my shoulder, I hope she'd never leave

The weight on my shoulder, no despair up my sleeve
The weight on my shoulder, I hope she′d never