Indiscriminate Act of Kindness

She came in from the cold, dropped her luggage bags

Looks at the concierge in the eye

Said, "I need a room for the night, but I don't got, no money

Would you take payment in kind?"

He said, "It's alright, I got a room here, you can share mine

Make the bed in the morning and that will do fine

You can change in the bathroom, hang your clothes on the line"

A tear came to her eyes, she thought, "How could he be so kind?"

How could he be so kind?

How could he be so kind?

She sat down on the bed with a needle

And he said, "I would hate to see you bleed out

Just fetch a warm towel and then sit here 'til you're dry"

She started to cry, said, "Why, why, why, why, why, why?"

Consider it an indiscriminate act of kindness

Consider it an indiscriminate act of kindness

Consider it an indiscriminate act of kindness

She was cold turkey, he was holding her hand

She said, "I was ruined by a man, this was never in my plans

I've dreamed of men who loved me, together we'd see the world

Somehow I lost myself among the insults they hurled"

I'm sure you're a wonderful woman

And someday there will surely be someone

So just relax, it's important that you're calm

She said, "How is it you can see past me as I am?"

Consider it an indiscriminate act of kindness

Consider it an indiscriminate act of kindness

Consider it an indiscriminate act of kindness

'Til when you took your chances, it was like you placed a bet

And sometimes this is the reward you can get

Well, I was always taught, "If you see someone defiled

You should look them in the eye and smile

Take their heart, no better still

Take them home, home, home"

She awoke early in the morning

Made the bed, gathered up her clothes to leave

Saw the concierge curled on the settee

And said, what you did for me is hard for me to believe

I was just doing what was right

Nobody that knows love could leave you out there on such a night