I passed a stranger on the street today
With a heavy coat and a look far away
I don't know the mountain he had to climb
Or the shadows that follow him through time
Every heart is a house with a locked front door
Hiding the battles and the internal war
So I'll offer a smile like a lantern light
To help him get through a little more of the night
Oh, let's be the grace in a weary land
With a gentle word and a reaching hand
For we don't know the weight that another bears
The silent heartaches or the whispered prayers
Let's love like the one who showed us the way
Cheering each soul at the break of the day
With kindness for water and love for the bread
By the spirit of Christ may our hearts be led
No one is immune to the tide of the day
Just fighting a storm under clear blue skies
A word of sweetness, a moment of peace
Can make the grip of the world release
For a soft spoken word is a healing balm
In the middle of the noise it's a sudden calm
We're all just walking each other home
Through the dust and the clay and the salty foam
Oh, let's be the grace in a weary land
With a gentle word and a reaching hand
For we don't know the weight that another bears
The silent heartaches or the whispered prayers
Let's love like the one who showed us the way
Cheering each soul at the break of the day
With kindness for water and love for the bread
By the spirit of Christ may our hearts be led
He walked the dusty roads of old
To find the lamb outside the fold
He didn't ask for a perfect life
He just reached through the sorrow and the strife
So let us live as he would live
With everything we have to give
Ooh-ooh-ooh
Love is the way
Let kindness lead
Ooh-ooh-ooh
Ooh-ooh-ooh
Ooh-ooh-ooh