Kind & Generous

This is one of the more straightforward Natalie Merchant songs. She explained in her VH1 Storytellers special: "I'm proud of the song because I always wanted to write a song that had an extremely universal, simple sentiment. And just gratitude, that's all this song is about and really I feel like I accomplished my mission: simple, to the point. And everyone knows what I'm talking about the first time they hear the song, and they can sing along."

The chorus doesn't contain any actual words, just a bunch of "la la la"s. Kylie Minogue had a hit song with a chorus of "la la"s in 2002 with "Can't Get You Out Of My Head."

The song fades out with Merchant repeating "thank you" about 30 times. There was a lot of thanking going on around this time among female pop singers: Alanis Morissette had a hit with "Thank U" and Dido with "Thank You."