Walking Man - James Taylor

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[Intro]

   
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[Verse 1]
             
Moving in sile

                  
nt desperation
              
Keeping an eye

             
 on the Holy L

    
and
             
A hypothetical

                
 destination
              
Say, who is th

          
is walking man

           
?

          
Well, the leav

             
es have come t

     
o turning
         
And the goose 

            
has gone to fl

   
y
           
And bridges ar

      
e for burning
           
So don't you l

            
et that yearni

               
ng pass you by


[Chorus 1]
         
Walking man,  

    
walking man wa

      
lks
           
Well, any othe

            
r man stops an

             
d talks
         
But the walkin

                    
g man walks


[Verse 2]
           
Well, the fros

            
t is on the pu

      
mpkin
         
And the hay is

               
 in the barn
           
An' Pappy's co

       
me to rambling

 on
           
Stumbling arou

            
nd drunk down 

            
on the farm


[Chorus 2]
              
And the walkin

       
g man walks, h

          
e doesn't know

       
 nothing at al


l
           
Well, any othe

            
r man stops an

  
d talks
              
But the walkin

         
g man walks on

 
 by
      
Walk on by

 


[Bridge]
    
   Most everyb

        
ody's got seed

  
 to sow

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It ain't alway

          
s easy for a w

         
eed to grow, n

#   
o
             
So he don't ho

      
e the row for 

no one


[Verse 3]
         
For sure one's

           
 always missin


g
         
And something 

            
is never quite

   
 right
           
Ah, but who wo

            
uld want to li

sten to you
           
Kissing his ex

            
istence good n

    
ight
         
Walking man   

     
   walk on by 

     
my door
           
Well, any othe

            
r man stops an

  
d talks
         
But not the wa

            
lking man
        
He's the walki

         
ng man,       


    born to wa

lk
        
Walk on walkin

         
g man
        
Well now, woul

            
d he have wing

   
s to fly
        
Would he be fr

         
ee, golden win


gs against the

 sky
        
Walking man, w

         
alk on by
        
So long, walki

         
ng man, so lon


g


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