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Passing Through
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I saw Jesus on the cross on a hill called Calvary
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"Do you hate mankind for what they done to you?"
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He said, "Talk of love not hate, things to do - it's getting late.
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I've so little time and I'm only passing through."
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Passing through, passing through.
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Sometimes happy, sometimes blue,
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glad that I ran into you.
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Tell the people that you saw me passing through.
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I saw Adam leave the Garden with an apple in his hand,
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I said "Now you're out, what are you going to do?"
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"Plant some crops and pray for rain, maybe raise a little cane.
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I'm an orphan now, and I'm only passing through."
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Passing through, passing through ...
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I was with Washington at Valley Ford, shivering in the snow.
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I said, "How come the men here suffer like they do?"
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"Men will suffer, men will fight, even die for what is right
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even though they know they're only passing through"
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Passing through, passing through ...
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I was with Franklin Roosevelt's side on the night before he died.
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He said, "One world must come out of World War Two" (ah, the fool)
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"Yankee, Russian, white or tan," he said, "A man is still a man.
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We're all on one road, and we're only passing through."
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Passing through, passing through ...
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(let's do it one more time)
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Passing through, passing through ...
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Passing Through
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| Leonard Cohen |
