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Passing through, passing through, |
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Sometimes happy, sometimes blue. |
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Glad that I ran into you; |
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Tell the people that you saw me passing through. |
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I saw Adam leave the garden |
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With an apple in his hand, |
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I said, "Now you're out |
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What are you gonna do? |
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Plant some crops and pray for rain, |
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Maybe raise a little Cain, |
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I'm an orphan and I'm only passing through." |
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I saw Jesus on the cross |
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On that hill called Calvary. |
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"Do you hate mankind for what they've done to you?" |
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He said, "Speak of love, not hate. |
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Things to do, it's getting late, |
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I've so little time and I'm just passing through." |
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I shivered with George Washington |
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One night at Valley Forge, |
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"Why do the soldiers freeze here like they do?" |
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He said, "Men will suffer, fight, |
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Even die for what is right, |
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Even though they know they're only passing through." |
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I was at Franklin Roosevelt's side |
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Just a while before he died, |
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He said, "One world must come out of World War Two, |
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Yankee, Russian, white or tan, |
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Lord, a man is just a man, |
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We're all brothers and we're only passing through." |
