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A Stranger Is A Friend You Haven't Yet Met (Single Release)

by Garrington T Jones

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Random acts of kindness happen every day. All around the world, ordinary people are doing extra-ordinary things for others, without asking for any reward.

These random acts of kindness are not always grand gestures. Showing somebody that you care is as simple as paying for their coffee order, carrying their groceries, loading their hand-luggage into an overhead locker or just simply wishing somebody a good day.

Yes, often it is the kindness from strangers that stays with you for a long time, sometimes it stays forever.

So don’t be shy, give it a go. Offer your kindness and be that friend a stranger has never yet met. Trust me, it works!

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A Stranger Is A Friend (You Haven’t Yet Met)

A shredded rear tyre on a quiet country track;
The night is approaching and there’s no turning back.
Then out of the half-light a Tradie drives by,
He makes us road-ready and shouts a good-bye.

Ella’s children are sleeping, she’s tired and she’s spent;
Sixty-five hours of nursing, but she can’t pay the rent.
A letter in the mailbox, she opens in dread;
“Your home is secured”, the thank-you note said.

Take a good look around you at the start of the day,
See the ordinary people with their ordinary ways.
Don’t be shy; show a kindness that they’ll never forget,
A stranger is a friend you haven’t yet met.

A morning of meetings, Stacey stands in a queue,
Five minutes for lunch, she leaves; what else can she do?
But her food is delivered and all he will say,
“Have your lunch; take a minute and have a good day”.

Take a good look around when on a train or a bus,
See the ordinary people, who don’t want a fuss.
Don’t be shy; show a kindness that they’ll never forget,
A stranger is a friend you haven’t yet met.

And when you are sleepy at the end of your day,
Think of the ordinary people and their ordinary ways.
But the kindness you gave them, they will never forget,
A stranger is a friend you haven’t yet met.
A stranger is a friend you haven’t yet met.
A stranger is a friend you haven’t yet met.

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released April 10, 2020
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Garrington T. Jones: Vocals, Acoustic Guitar.
Dave Draper: Electric Guitar; Bass Guitar.
Matthew Colley: Piano & Hammond Organ
Rick A’Mortis: Drums.

Producer: Dave Draper
Associate Producer: G C Tolley

Written & arranged by G C Tolley

Recorded & Mastered for New Tradition Music at Tower Studios, Pershore, Worcestershire, England

© 2020 New Tradition Music. All rights reserved.
Unauthorized public performance and copying of this recording is prohibited.

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Garrington T Jones England, UK

Garrington T Jones is a performer and recording artist who gives the art of lyrical storytelling a modern day edge.

Garrington describes himself as a "Rhythm shaker, a riff chaser, a lyric hunter, a song maker and a lover of acoustic Blues, Folk & Roots music. ... more

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