And he said, wow, what a great man, you know, the greatest man I never knew.
And he wrote this song.
What a song.
What a song.
The greatest man I never knew
Lived just down the hall
And every day we said hello
But never touched at all
Well, he was in his paper
I was in my room
How was I to know he thought I hung the moon
How was I to know he thought I hung the moon
The greatest man I never knew
Came home late every night
He never had too much to say
Too much was on his mind
And I never really knew him
Too much was on his mind

And now it seems so sad
Everything he gave to us
It took all he had
And then the days turned into years
And the memories to black and white
He grew cold like an old winter wind
Blowing across my life
The greatest words I never heard
I guess I'll never hear
The man I thought I knew
I guess I'll never hear
The man I thought I knew
He could never die
He's been dead almost a year
And he was good at business
But there was business left to do
But there was business left to do
He never said he loved me
He never said he loved me
I guess he thought I knew
thought I knew.
Yeah.