I WAS BORN BESIDE
THIS RIVER
'BOUT A HALF A MILE
FROM HERE
BUT I NEVER SEEMED
TO NOTICE
THAT THE WATER RAN
THIS CLEAR
AND I'VE NEVER SEEN
THAT COLOR GREEN
SPARKLE DOWN
THE LANE
NOW I'LL NEVER PASS
THIS WAY AGAIN
WELL I HAVE WANDERED
THROUGH
THAT ORCHARD
AND PLAYED AMONG
HER TREES
BUT I NEVER HEARD
THE SECRETS
THAT SHE WHISPERS
ON THE BREEZE
OR THE ONLY SOUND
ON HOLLOW GROUND
IS THE SILENCE
OF THE MAN
WHO WILL NEVER PASS
THIS WAY AGAIN
IT NEVER SHONE
AS BEAUTIFUL
AS HOW IT LOOKS TODAY
WE NEVER MISS
THE THINGS WE LOVE
TILL THEY GO AWAY
BUT I HAVE HEARD
THE BUGLES CALL
AND IT'S TIME
FOR ME TO LEAVE
CAUSE THERE COMES
A DAY
WHEN A MAN MUST SAY
I WILL DIE
FOR WHAT I BELIEVE
I HAVE OFTEN THROWN
MY PENNIES
IN THAT OLD
WISHING WELL
AND IF I HAD A PENNY
I WOULD WISH ME
A SPELL
I WOULD KNEEL
AND PRAY
THAT HERE I'D STAY
FOREVER AMEN
BUT I'LL NEVER
PASS THIS WAY
NO I'LL NEVER PASS
THIS WAY
NO I'LL NEVER PASS
THIS WAY AGAIN