Light Of The World Lyrics - Chris Ledoux

In a lonely all night diner, on a rainy city street 

A girl eats at the counter with a suitcase at her feet 

And the waitress looks her over and she knows that she can't pay 

So when the girl slips out the door she looks the other way 

There's a small light in the dark night 

Human kindness, deep inside us 

If you see it in somebody's eyes 

There's no reason to be so surprised 

Let it shine on, it's only the light of the world 

In an empty Greyhound Station, an old man stands alone 

He counts out all his money to buy a ticket home 

And the agent says he's got enough and puts the money in the drawer 

Then he reaches in his pocket and puts in a dollar more 

There's a small light in the dark night 

Human kindness, deep inside us 

If you see it in somebody's eyes 

There's no reason to be so surprised 

Let it shine on, it's only the light of the world 

On a dark deserted highway, a boy holds out his thumb 

Two headlights they light up his face as he turns his collar up 

And the trucker he goes right on by, as the snow starts comin' down 

But then five miles on down the road he stops and turns around 

Let it shine on, let it shine on, let it shine on 

There's a small light in the dark night 

Human kindness, deep inside us 

If you see it in somebody's eyes 

There's no reason to be so surprised 

Let it shine on, it's only the light of the world 

There's a small light in the dark night 

Human kindness, deep inside us, that's right