The greatest man I never knew    Lived just down the hall    And everyday we said hello    But never touched at all    He was in his paper    I was in my room    How was I to know he thought I touched the moon       The greatest man I never knew    Came home late every night    He never had too much to say    Too much was on his mind    I never really knew him    And now it seems so sad    Everything he gave to us took all he had       And the days turned into years    And the memories to black and white    He grew cold like an old winter wind    Blowing across my life       The greatest words I never heard    I guess I'll never hear    The man I thought could never die    Has been gone almost a year       He was good at business    But there was business left to do    He never said he loved me    I guess he thought I knew