Where Kindness Grows

[Куплет 1] You kept the blue tin by the kitchen door Filled with buttons, thread, and a faded floor plan Sunday dust came through the window screen While you hummed low and folded every clean hand towel [Алдынғы қайырма] I was small enough to fit beneath your coat You said, “take your time, the road will wait” [Қайырма] I carry that kindness where i go In the way i leave one lamp on low In the extra chair beside the table In the hands i lend when someone’s not able You gave me more than i could know A quiet place to begin and grow [Куплет 2] The porch swing counted out the afternoon Apricot jam cooling near the open window You wrote my name inside a library book So every borrowed page would lead me back home [Алдынғы қайырма] Years have turned the garden into grass Still your patient voice comes drifting past [Қайырма] I carry that kindness where i go In the way i leave one lamp on low In the extra chair beside the table In the hands i lend when someone’s not able You gave me more than i could know A quiet place to begin and grow [Көпір] If i find you in the ordinary things A wool scarf, a kettle, early spring I’ll stop and let the whole world pass And hold the moment while it lasts [Final chorus] I carry that kindness where i go In the way i leave one lamp on low In the extra chair beside the table In the hands i lend when someone’s not able You gave me more than i could know A quiet place to begin and grow A quiet place to begin and grow [Аутро] The blue tin rests beside my door And i know what all that waiting was for