This Too Shall Pass

This Too Shall Pass
by John Forster & Tom Chapin
© 2009 Limousine Music Co. & The Last Music Co. (ASCAP)

Watching the storm plow through,
How suddenly it grew,
Left broken hearts
Like shattered glass.
Waiting to say good-bye
Under a darkened sky
Who knew how fragile we'd feel,
How much it could steal.

But, hopeless as it seems,
Don't downsize your dreams.
This, too, shall pass.

When you get hurt for real
Hard to see how you'll heal.
You hide away,
But then at last,
A freshening breeze blows in.
Wakening birds begin
To sing, to bring on the light
And chase off the night.

And every song they sing
Seems to say one thing:
This, too, shall pass.

This, too, shall pass,
Given the time, it will.
Hard to believe, but still,
Hang in, hang on
Until another dawn,
This, too, shall pass.

This, too, (All of the fear)
Shall pass… (Into a clear…)
Into a clear blue sky. All of the tears will dry.
Hang in, (Stay with your dreams…)
Hang on… (Hard as it seems…)
Until another dawn. This, too, shall pass.

The night… (Only a phase…)
Will fade. (One of these days…)
One of these days, you'll see.
We'll be OK if we…
Hang in, (It's all we can do…)
Hang on… (We'll make it through…)
Until another dawn. This, too, shall pass.

This, too, shall pass,
Given the time, it will.
Hard to believe, but still,
Hang in, hang on
Until another dawn,
This, too, shall pass.
Hang in, hang on
Until another dawn,
This, too, shall pass.

This song appears on Tom Chapin's Let The Bad Times Roll CD.

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