Passing Through

Intro

Verse

Had a year so bad I couldn't leave my bed

Bills on the mat and a pile of things unsaid

(let them lie)

Swore it would never lift, swore it'd never end

Then it moved along like a stranger round the bend

(just like that)

Didn't say goodbye, didn't leave a note

Just a little more air at the back of my throat

(I'll take it)

Refrain

It's passing through, it's only passing through

(don't unpack)

The bad and the good and the ones who loved me too

(even them)

Pour it something neat and pull it up a seat

(sit a while)

Gone by the morning, it don't even stay to eat

(never does)

Verse

Had the best year of my life and didn't see it go

Thought there'd be a second one, how was I to know

(you weren't)

Friends round the table and the music way too loud

Now it's Christmas cards and a wave across a crowd

(you look well)

Nothing went wrong, that's the part I can't explain

It left the way the trouble did, down that old lane

(same road)

Refrain

It's passing through, it's only passing through

(don't unpack)

The bad and the good and the ones who loved me too

(even them)

Pour it something neat and pull it up a seat

(sit a while)

Gone by the morning, it don't even stay to eat

(never does)

Resonator Guitar Solo

Verse

Some grey coming in, I don't dye it anymore

Figure I'm a guest here like the ones before

(pull up a seat)

Someone else will live here, sit where I sit

Paint my kitchen yellow and never think of it

(they won't)

I'm not hanging on, I'm just here for the view

Like the trouble and the good, I'm passing through

Refrain

Trouble or joy at the gate, I'll set out one more glass

(come on in)

Sit with me a while, then I'll watch it pass

(it always does)

When it's my turn, rinse my glass and put it on the shelf

I was only passing through, same as you yourself

Instrumental