I'm not crazy like my brother but it's the way that I choose
I don't hang around with a sixpence when I got everything to lose
Would you bring my money and take from me all that I was worth?
'Cause I wasn't worth nothing and I wasn't yoursOh, would you be a passerby?
Oh, won't you sit down and stay a while?
Oh, don't you be a passerby
Oh, won't you sit down and stay a while?
'Cause it's been too long, since you been around
Yeah, since you been aroundSold out man from across the way
He thought he heard what he heard you say
"Hey now, man your watch it shines"
For the bid of a second yields him 40 timesOh, would you be a passerby?
Oh, won't you sit down and stay a while?
Oh, don't you be a passerby
Oh, won't you sit down and stay a while?
'Cause it's been too long since you been aroundWoman, little child
Woman, little child
Woman, little child
Woman, little childHey woman, hey woman
Hey woman, little child
Woman, hey woman
Hey woman, hey womanDon't ya be a passerby, passerby, passerby
(Oh, don't ya leave me alone, no no)
Passerby, oh passerby, passerby
(Oh, don't ya leave me alone)
Passerby, passerby, passerby