If you search for tenderness
It used to be easy to find
Kindness used to be so cool
But if you look for truthfulness
You might as well be blind
It always seems to be so hard to give
Honesty
Is such a lonely word
Everyone is so untrue
Honesty
Is hardly ever heard
And is what we used to need from you
*(switch to a snappy sharp fast rhythm opening with a melody derived from the opening verse in the first line, and then the melody going higher in the second line)
But no one is ever dishonest
When they don't like you anymore
It's not like in the old days when they expected you to be nice, oh
No one is ever dishonest
When they don't like you anymore
They'll always tell you when they want to be mean, Oh
Honesty *(Switch back to the original slow rhythm here)*
Is such a lonely word
Everyone is so untrue
Honesty
Is hardly ever heard
Except for when people are mean!
The Truth is ambiguous
If you search your heart
You can find reasons to be kind
But these days the half-truths
Are always so unkind
Kindness is so hard to give, oh
Honesty
Is such a lonely word
Everyone is so untrue
Honesty
Is hardly ever heard
Except for when people are mean
So these days let's all try and be kind!
Updated Billy Joel's lyrics to reflect the world of America in 2016 and 2024!
(That wasn't meant to be political, just an observation of the state of American society right now as 2025 begins!)
God loves you! Let's try to be kind to each other! Please don't think it doesn't help, because it does, oh, it does so much!
Sincerely,
David S. Annderson