PASSING THRU



Passing thru, passing thru

Sometimes happy sometimes blue

Glad that I ran into you

Tell the people that you saw me passing thru



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 thru



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 thru



I shivered with George Washington

One night at Valley Forge

I asked why do men freeze here like they do

He said men will suffer, fight,

Even die, for what is right

Even tho they know they're only passing thru



I rode with old Abe Lincoln

On that train to Gettysburg

And I asked him what he thought to be most true

He said every man must be

Unconditionally free

We're all brothers and we're only passing thru



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, Black or tan

Still a man is just a man

We're all strangers and we're only passing thru



I was with those freedom riders

on that bus to Birmingham

They said all men are equal, that is true

And the answer when it came

Brought those freedom riders fame

Freedom's colors are red, white, black, and blue



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