Gentle from the Inside Out

You gotta be gentle from the inside out 
from the inside out, from the inside out 
you can rock and roll and twist and shout 
you can show us all what it's all about 
but you gotta be gentle from the inside out 
from the inside out, from the inside out 

You gotta be gentle from the outside in 
from the outside in, from the outside in 
nobody knows what today will bring 
what's gonna shut you up, or make you sing 
but you gotta be gentle from the outside in 
from the outside in, from the outside in 

When you see a yield sign, yield the way 
you're nothing in the world today 
the sky is blue, your eyes are gray 
the weather's gonna have its say 

You gotta be gentle, through and through 
through and through, through and through 
with everything you think and say and do 
the world needs gentlemen like you 
to get to where you're going to 
where you're going to, where you're going to 

 

Falling backwards is not a crime 
prize fighters do it all the time 
the ones who learn to gently land 
finally start to understand 

You gotta be gentle from the inside out 
from the inside out, from the inside out 
you can rock and roll and twist and shout 
you can show us all what it's all about 
buy you gotta be gentle from the inside out 
from the inside out, from the inside out 

Emergency pleasure wound 
to something sweet you are attuned 
walk right through the gates of horror 
is it joy that's now in store 

You gotta be gentle, through and through 
through and through, through and through 
with everything you think and say and do 
the world needs gentle folks like you 
to get to where you're going to 
where you're going to, where you're going to

© Mark Donato