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 now and I’m just passing thru.”
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’ve done to you?”
He said “Talk of love not hate ‘cause it’s getting mighty 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 next to 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.
‘Twas 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 thru.”
Passing through, passing through. Sometimes happy, sometimes blue,
Glad that I ran into you. Tell the people that you saw me passing through.
Gandhi spoke of freedom one night, i said “man, we got to fight!”
He said, “yes, but love’s the weapon we should use.
For with killing no one wins, it’s with love that peace begins.
It takes courage when we’re only passing thru.
Passing through, passing through. Sometimes happy, sometimes blue,
Glad that I ran into you. Tell the people that you saw me 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.
1948 – Dick Blakeslee – Performed by Jon Gailmor – Album: Passing Through