Don’t look for goodness to people
For hearts are wild, and truths may bend.
The smile you seek, the hand you crave
May vanish like foam on a breaking wave.
For hearts are wild, and truths may bend.
The smile you seek, the hand you crave
May vanish like foam on a breaking wave.
Some speak of love with tongues of gold
Yet turn away when nights grow cold.
Some promise stars, then shade the sun —
Not every race is truly run.
Yet turn away when nights grow cold.
Some promise stars, then shade the sun —
Not every race is truly run.
But do not sour, and do not scorn,
For we are all both dusk and dawn.
The flame you seek burns deep inside —
In your own soul, let good reside.
For we are all both dusk and dawn.
The flame you seek burns deep inside —
In your own soul, let good reside.
Be kind, not counting what’s returned,
Be wise from all the lessons learned.
The world is flawed, yet still it spins —
And quiet strength is where hope begins.
Be wise from all the lessons learned.
The world is flawed, yet still it spins —
And quiet strength is where hope begins.
So walk with grace through fickle weather,
Hold your peace and pull it together.
Don’t search for saints in passing crowds —
Be the light that breaks the clouds.
Hold your peace and pull it together.
Don’t search for saints in passing crowds —
Be the light that breaks the clouds.