i can hear a whistle blowing that s my only way of knowing somewhere in the distance there is probably a train i can hear a church bell ring that church bell doesn t mean a thing what i ve been hearing lately i would like you to explain the first that i heard and it never occurred to me what i d be hearing the last of me that you re likely to see you ll see that i am disappearing i listened now with opened eyes i heard half hearted alibis there may have been a few things that i might have said myself i could hear the whistle blowing i wonder where that train is going i m sure before it gets to there that i ll be somewhere else the first that i heard and it never occurred to me what i d be hearing the last of me that you re likely to see you ll see that i am disappearing i ve heard all of it all before the bells the whistles and i m sure that it won t be the last time that i hear the church or train there s a first for almost everything whistles blow and bells will ring this could be the last time and i won t be back again the first that i heard and it never occurred to me what i d be hearing the last of me that you re likely to see you ll see that i am disappearing the first that i heard and it never occurred to me what i d be hearing the last of me that you re likely to see you ll see that i am disappearing