I saw Adam leave the garden with an apple in his hand

I said, "Now you're out, what are you gonna do?"

"Plant my crops and pray for rain, maybe raise a little cane

I'm an orphan now and only 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 Jesus on the cross on that hill called Calvary

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

He said, "Talk of love, not hate, things to do, it's getting late

I've so little time and I'm just 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 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"

Passing through, passing through

Sometimes happy, sometimes blue

Glad that I ran into you

Tell the people that you saw me 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 II

Yankee, Russian, white or tan, Lord, a man is just a man

We're all brothers and we're only 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

Tell the people that you saw me passing through