Passing Through

Passing through, passing through

Sometimes happy, sometimes blue

Glad that I ran into you;

Tell the people that you saw me passing through

I saw Adam leave the garden

With an apple in his hand

I said, "Now you're out

What are you gonna do?

Plant some crops and pray for rain

Maybe raise a little Cain

I'm an orphan and I'm only passing through."

I saw Jesus on the cross

On that hill called Calvary

"Do you hate mankind for what they've done to you?"

He said, "Speak of love, not hate

Things to do, it's getting late

I've so little time and I'm just passing through."

I shivered with George Washington

One night at Valley Forge

"Why do the soldiers freeze here like they do?"

He said, "Men will suffer, fight

Even die for what is right

Even though they know they're only passing through."

I was at Franklin Roosevelt's side

Just a while before he died

He said, "One world must come out of World War Two

Yankee, Russian, white or tan

Lord, a man is just a man

We're all brothers and we're only passing through."