Left Behind [Jonathan Groff/Company]

[Melchior:]

You fold his hands, and smooth his tie

You gently lift his chin -

Were you really so blind, and unkind to him?



Can't help the itch to touch, to kiss

To hold him once again

Now to close his eyes, never open them



[All:]

A shadow passed, a shadow passed

Yearning, yearning for the fool it called a home



[Melchior:]

All things he never did are left behind

All the things his Mama wished he'd bear in mind

And all his Dad ever hoped he know



[All:]

O-o-o-o-o-o-



[Melchior:]

All the talks you never had

The Saturdays you never spent

All the grown-up places you never went



And all of the crying you wouldn't understand

You just let him cry - "Make a man out of him."



[All:]

A shadow passed, a shadow passed

Yearning, yearning for the fool it called a home



[Melchior:]

All things he ever wished are left behind

All the things his Mama did to make him mind

And how his Dad had hoped he'd grow



All things he ever lived are left behind

All the fears that ever flickered through his mind

All the sadness he'd come to own



[All:]

O-o-o-o-o-o

O-o-o-o-o-o

O-o-o-o-o-o



A shows passed, a shadow passed

Yearning, yearning for the fool it called a home



[Melchior:]

And, it whistles through the ghosts still left behind

It whistles through the ghosts still left behind

It whistles through the ghosts still left behind

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