I looked into a windowpane   Last evening in a city far away   I was feelin' sad and blue   I wondered then if I should really stay   Wanting someone to be with me in the light of this uncertain time   Waiting by the window for the man inside   To please make up his mind      Will you be one who passed through but never saw   Never knowing never feeling anything   Will you live your whole life through never knowing what to do   Will you be one who passed through but never saw      I walked along the roadway to a fountain   Where lovers come to meet   A hobo walked up to me, I could tell   He didn't have enough to eat   He said, "good sir you look so kind   And though the years have stripped me to the bone   It seems I am the better man   For in this place I've never walked alone      Will you be one who passed through but never saw   Never knowing never feeling anything   Will you live your whole life through never knowing what to do   Will you be one who passed through but never saw      "where will you be, my friendly, when your   Telephone ain't givin' out no calls   And when the seasons come to haunt you   Will you still find springtime in the fall   And when you're on your island   Will you wave at every ship that passes by   And will you feed a hungry man   I thank you, sir,   Now I'll just say goodbye"      Don't you be one who passed through but never saw   Never knowing never feeling anything   Will you live your whole life through never knowing what to do   Will you be one who passed through but never saw      Will you live your whole life through never knowing what to do   Will you be one who passed through but never saw