In A Windowpane Lyrics - Gordon Lightfoot

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