[Verse 1: Ted Sutherland]
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

[Pre-Chorus: Ted Sutherland & Rise Cast]
A shadow passed, a shadow passed
Yearning, yearning for the fool
It called a home

[Chorus: Ted Sutherland]
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'd know

[Post-Chorus: Ted Sutherland & Rise Cast]
Oh-oh-oh

[Verse 2: Ted Sutherland]
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
[Pre-Chorus: Ted Sutherland & Rise Cast]
A shadow passed, a shadow passed
Yearning, yearning for the fool
It called a home

[Chorus: Ted Sutherland, Rise Cast]
All things he ever wished (Ahh)
Are left behind (Ahh)
All the things his mama (Ahh)
Did to make him mind
And how his dad had hoped he'd grow
All things he ever lived (Ahh)
Are left behind (Ahh)
All the fears that ever (Ahh)
Flickered through his mind
All the sadness that
He'd come to own

[Post-Chorus: Ted Sutherland, Ted Sutherland & Rise Cast]
Oh-oh-oh, oh-oh-oh