[Verse 1]
I can feel a difference
Today, a difference
All of us in our tents
Fearing God like a mistress

[Verse 2]
We lay on the rocks in the sun
Watching you and your mama row in
I sat up and blinked when you appeared
So pale you were nearly clear

[Verse 3]
Later, I stumbled to my bed
All alone in the branches
I laid in the dark thinking about all
Of my friends and their changes

[Chorus 1]
And I do not know if you know
Just what you have done
You are the sweetest one
I have ever laid my eyes upon

[Verse 5]
It's a beautiful town with the rain coming down
Blackberry, rosemary, Jimmy-crack-corn
You've got the run of the place now that you're running around
And may kindness kindness, kindness abound
[Verse 6]
In this hour of our lives
Hour of effortless plenty
How do we know which parts of our hearts
Want what with such base generosity?

[Verse 7]
Taking so many photographs, so amazed!
We've never seen a baby so newly-born
And when the bulbs do flash as bright as morning
The crowd keeps on gathering like an electric storm

[Verse 8]
The phantom of love moves among us at will
Each phantom limb lost has got an angel
So confused like the wagging, bobbed tail
Of a bulldog, kindness, kindness prevails

[Chorus 2]
Kindness prevails, ties and rails, ties and rails
Fall into line, bearing kindness
Where will you go, if not here?
What will you say when you write to us?

[Verse 9]
And this is a world of terrible hardship everywhere
And I search for words to set you at ease
But there in the looking-glass, a kite is soaring
Stilling my warring heart and my trembling knees
[Verse 10]
Clean as a breeze, bright as the day
All of the people gather to say
"Sweet Esme, sweet Esme!"
Oh, oh, oh

[Verse 11]
I believe love will always surround you
Brave as a bear with a heart rare and true
But if you are scared, if you are blue
I have prepared this small song for you

[Outro]
Sweet Esme, sweet Esme
Oh, oh, oh
Sweet Esme, sweet Esme
Oh, oh, oh
Sweet Esme, Esme
Sweet Esme, sweet Esme
Oh, oh, oh