People go by Like a Flame

I had to take someone to the airport just this morning

I had forgotten about all the faces

Everybody that I saw was going to or coming from different places

But they all looked the same

crushed and shy or loud and angry

Everybody just walked along without looking at anyone

I ran into a friend of mine from my junior high days

I spent the night at his house once

I remember that night vividly

We were nearly strangers now. It'd been so long

And he was headin' off to Germany

It was him and his girlfriend, and he was gonna study French there

Or maybe it was it German

CHORUS

People go by like a flame

And you never even know their name

You might get warm

You might get burned

But either way a flame is not the sun

That rises every day

His girlfriend wasn't there when I showed up

and I remember thinking how lonely to go to Germany alone

Then he told me that she'd be there soon

But it still seemed really sad to me

He still looked like he was on his own

Now he was smart. He knew a lot

But I wanted to ask if him he was okay

There was just something in his eyes

BRIDGE

Late at night, the moon is bright

And the fields are silver-gray

And no, it's true it ain't no sun

But it's pretty anyway