Black Ghost singing on the subway train
Carries such a lonesome song
I wanna tell him that he breaks my heart
Smiles ring out across the
Empty faces as they leave his
By and by I'll understand
Gettin' education from the night
The people there say he's alright
He sits and he watches them
As they move on down the line
Bye -bye, I'll understand
Dia's got a picture of her dear old Ma
When she sleeps all by herself
Folks in the neighborhood,
But to me, she's always kind
By and by, I'll understand
Preacher swears he witnessed
He laughed when Adam fell
He traveled yonder where he's gone,
He'd gone way down in hell
His broken words ringing in my ears
Every man was born for dying
By and by, I'll understand
The robbers and the cheaters
Grieving and moaning, crying all about
But with me I got direction in mind
I'll understand the trouble in
I can hear the an gels singing
the church bells ringing glory
I'm gonna gaze across the stormy tides
That which tells my story
I'm gonna lay back and unwind
By and by, I'll understand
By and by, I'll understand the