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In A Windowpane

This version of In A Windowpane was released by Gordon Lightfoot in 1969.

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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

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