Left Behind

You fold his hands and smooth his tie

You gently lift his chin

Were you really so blind and unkind to him?

Can't help the urge to touch, to kiss

To hold him once again

Now to close his eyes, never open them

A shadow passed, a shadow passed

Yearning, yearning for the fool

It called a home

All things he never did are left behind

All the things his mama wished he'd bear in mind

And all his dad had hoped he'd know, oh

The talks you never had

The Saturdays you never spent

All the grown-up places you never went

And all of the crying you wouldn't understand

You just let him cry, make a man out of him

A shadow passed, a shadow passed

Yearning, yearning for the fool

It called a home

All things he ever wished are left behind

All the things his mama did to make him mind

And how his dad had hoped he'd grow

All things he ever lived are left behind

All the fears that ever flickered through his mind

All the sadness that he'd come to own

A shadow passed, a shadow passed

Yearning, yearning for the fool

It called a home

And it whistles through the ghost

Still left behind

It whistles through the ghost

Still left behind

It whistles through the ghost you left behind, oh