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PASSING THROUGH (Dick Blakeslee) 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 filename[ PASSTHRU SOF |
Passing Through [Dick Blakeslee] (from Lift Every Voice!: The Second People's Songbook) |
