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	Random Acts of Kindness   John Peter was headed for home, drivin' south down an Illinois road From his brother's up in Joliet In his short bed pickup truck, haulin' some hand-me-down baby stuff A changing table and a bassinet On the side of the road he sees an apple farmer workin' on his knees Tryin' to mend a busted gate So John pulls up and he lends a hand, spends an hour doin' all he can And they get that gate up straight Hey mister, can I offer you something? No, don't bother, it's nothing Just tryin' to do my part Everybody's got their needs I'm just doin' my best to see 'Cause we can walk around in blindness Or we can shine a little light With a random act of kindness Next week, the farmer took his crop into the market, but first he stopped And gave a little to a teacher at a school (In a random act of kindness) Next morning, at a small cafe, she decided she would pay the way Of some mechanic sittin' by her stool (In a random act of kindness) Later on at the auto shop, he tells a cop for his front end job He's only chargin' half the price (In a random act of kindness) So this cop at a traffic stop lets a kid and his brother off For speedin' home on Friday night (In a random act of kindness) So they wash their neighbor's GTO When he asks them why, it's "I don't know" "We thought it might be nice to do" Then they told him what the cop Said he heard at the auto shop How we can walk around in blindness Or we can shine a little light With a random act of kindness Late at night there's a pickup truck, went off the road and it's pretty stuck There's a couple there by the door Here comes a fellow in a Chevy van; he says "hey" and "do you need a hand?" The husband answers, "Yeah, that's for sure" "We were hopin' we could ride with you -- we're in a hurry, see, my wife is due We were going to a hospital just now This is Ellen, my name's John -- lucky for us that you came along" The Chevy driver says, "Well, it goes around" See, I was back there playin' pool Left my lights on like a fool And my battery went dead But this GTO pulled up And he gave my van a jump And he said somethin' about blindness... No, hang on -- yeah, that's right He said "a random act of kindness" It was a random act of kindness Just a random act of kindness Copyright 2004 Jeffrey L. Stillman