| In a lonely all night diner on a rainy city street
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| A girl eats at the counter with a suitcase at her feet
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| And the waitress looks her over and she knows that she can’t pay
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| So when the girl slips out the door, she looks the other way
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| There’s a small light in the dark night
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| Human kindness deep inside us
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| If you see it in somebody’s eyes
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| There’s no reason to be so surprised
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| Let it shine on
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| It’s only the light of the world
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| In an empty Greyhound station an old man stands alone
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| He counts out all his money to buy a ticket home
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| And the agent says he’s got enough and puts the money in the drawer
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| Then he reaches in his pocket and puts in a dollar more
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| There’s a small light in the dark night
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| Human kindness deep inside us
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| If you see it in somebody’s eyes
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| There’s no reason to be so surprised
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| Let it shine on
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| It’s only the light of the world
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| On a dark deserted highway a boy holds out his thumb
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| Two headlights they light up his face as he turns his collar up
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| And the trucker he goes right on by as the snow starts comin' down
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| But then five miles on down the road he stops and turns around
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| Let it shine on
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| Let it shine on
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| Let it shine on
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| There’s a small light in the dark night
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| Human kindness deep inside us
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| If you see it in somebody’s eyes
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| There’s no reason to be so surprised
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| Let it shine on
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| It’s only the light of the world
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| There’s a small light in the dark night
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| Human kindness deep inside us |