Cruel to Be Kind
I watched from a distance
As you lit up the room
Surely I am not
The only one who sees
The light that comes from you
And although you lost
Your voice out there
You found it in the gravel
By the road of dirt
That I have often traveled
Oh, you wretched, vivid thing
Please stay off my mind
Don't you know how cruel it is
To be so kind?
All the jewel and fennel, coriander
You gathered where
The brook meandered
Past the fire hydrants, road signs
And the phone lines
Past the broken spigots
Broken bricks
On broken brick roads we won't fix
Past schools and cemeteries
Public libraries
Well you shook and took
Forsook me like
A storm that knew my name
A wind that grew until it blew
The storm clouds all away
Oh, you wretched, vivid thing
Please stay off my mind
Don't you know
How cruel it is
To be so kind?
As you lit up the room
Surely I am not
The only one who sees
The light that comes from you
And although you lost
Your voice out there
You found it in the gravel
By the road of dirt
That I have often traveled
Oh, you wretched, vivid thing
Please stay off my mind
Don't you know how cruel it is
To be so kind?
All the jewel and fennel, coriander
You gathered where
The brook meandered
Past the fire hydrants, road signs
And the phone lines
Past the broken spigots
Broken bricks
On broken brick roads we won't fix
Past schools and cemeteries
Public libraries
Well you shook and took
Forsook me like
A storm that knew my name
A wind that grew until it blew
The storm clouds all away
Oh, you wretched, vivid thing
Please stay off my mind
Don't you know
How cruel it is
To be so kind?
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Writer(s): John Davey
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