[Verse 1] When I was a student, I worked at a drugstore There was a short old woman who came in quite often My senior coworkers said, "She's someone to watch out for" "If you see her, call the manager right away" She'd come in and complain for hours at a time Saying, "This product I bought here is no good, what are you going to do?" She wanted us to tell the company that made it And the manager would spend hours trying to calm her down [Chorus] Just a stranger passing by And I wonder about her life Every time we cross again I see a different side [Verse 2] Then one day, she just stopped coming in And after a while, I completely forgot about her Until maybe a year or two later, she showed up again "This is my first time here," she said, asking where something was I was still on guard, waiting for something to happen But she just found what she needed and quietly walked away That's when I realized she'd stopped coming after the manager left Maybe she just wanted someone to talk to, maybe she was only lonely [Chorus] Just a stranger passing by And I wonder about her life Every time we cross again I see a different side [Interlude] [Chorus] She has her own long story Her own ocean full of feelings All I ever get to see Is a little of the surface
