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They Come and They Go

from Fathers and Sons by John Lester

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There's a tired young man who’s walking to the window
I've seen his kind a hundred times before
Since I've been working serving coffee down at this hospital weekdays
See I've got a little cart that's just outside it's door

This fella smiled and said his wife just had a daughter
And he’d come to buy her a little treat
Well I said, " Well Pop this one's on me" and I just let it be
That he's one of very many brand new daddy's that that I meet

‘cause life passes by my window
And it tells me all I need to know
It says some things never change
While others just won't stay the same
And people they come and they go
They come and they go

'Round 'bout noon arives this lovely older lady
But she wears her sorrow like a mournful mask
Usually I'd say "Hey there how's it going?"
But this time I decided not to ask

She said she'd lost her lover of forty-seven years
He was her world he was her everything
And she thanked me for my warmth and understanding
But when she left I realized that I hadn't said a thing

And life passes by my window
And it tells me all I need to know
It says some things never change
While others just won't stay the same
And people they come and they go
They come and they go

Now a brand new baby cries
While our elder man just up and died
I hope his lifelong wisdom
Can open up her brand new eyes
For if our souls don't grow
Then we won't have very much to show
Because people
We come and we go
We come and we go

Now there's a family gathering outside on the patio
For only one of two reasons that I know
They wait for the new arriving or pray for the just surviving
Well this time it turns out that it was both

Now who'd have thought that there could be such complications
With modern methods there's no need to worry
But now a husband’s happiest day might be his saddest in the same
And there's a brand new baby boy with a mom he may not meet

And life passes by my window
And it tells me so much more than I really didn't care to know
It says some things never change
While others just won't stay the same
And people they come and they go
They come and they go

I’m gonna make the most of every single moment that I own
Because people we come and we go


©John Lester

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from Fathers and Sons, released June 18, 2017
John Lester - vocals and upright bass
Michael Manring - bass harmonics and eBow
Michael Urbano - drums

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