CI saw Jesus on the cross Fon a hill called Calvary
"Do you hCate mankind for what they done to yGou ?"
He said, "CTalk of love not hate, things to dFo - it's getting late.
I've so lCittle time and I'm onGly passing throCugh."
CPassing through, passing through.
Sometimes happy, sometimes bC7lue,
glad that IF ran into you.
Tell the pCeople that you saGw me passing throCugh.
I saw ACdam leave the Garden with an apFple in his hand,
I said "CNow you're out, what are you going to doG ?"
"Plant some cCrops and pray for rain, maybe raFise a little cane.
I'm an orCphan now, and I'm onGly passing throCugh."
I was with WCashington at Valley Ford, shFivering in the snow.
I said, "HCow come the men here suffer like they doG ?"
"Men will sCuffer, men will fight, even diFe for what is right
even thCough they know they're onGly passing throCugh"
I was with FCranklin Roosevelt's side on the niFght before he died.
He said, "COne world must come out of World War TGwo" (ah, the fool)
"Yankee, RCussian, white or tan," he said, F"A man is still a man.
We're all oCn one road, and we're onGly passing throCugh."