I'm a poor wayfarin' stranger Travelin' through this of woe There's no toll nor sorrow In bright world to which I go
I'm going there to see my I'm goin' there no more to I'm just a goin' over I'm just a over home
Ya see, I'm a concrete buffalo I gotta it's like boulder in my shoulder Look in my and you can see a red marble Like Nostradamus, I'm the promise of
Traveling the city with my Mexican Cotton I take a dry swallow To the corner watering hole The bartender with the for my soul
no, I can't get no Lotsa bad habits I need to control the Psalms, but no emancipation Church for and liquor stores for salvation
Someday I'll it home to see my father He saw the man who the coal mine's daughter And if I had a for every gamble I risked I could buy a for the woman I miss ya see
I'm just a poor wayfarin' Ya check with me, ya checking in the danger I'm just a wayfarin' stranger Roaming the streets seeking in a manger
I'm there to see my mother She said, meet me when I come I'm just a goin' over Jordan, I'm just a over home river roll, river Jordan roll, river Jordan roll on
Gee, ain't it funny how slips away I rewind the tape to see my life replay I soak up the sun as a reminder That I was born a sick side
Call me a vagrant, no machine to read fax I'll pledge allegiance to your blood sweat and taxes Don't ever mistake me being docile for Don't mistake my anger for resentment
just the calm before the storm that's why, I'm quite Ya always mistaking an for a race riot You can take my life but there's no 'Cause you can't shoot way through the pearly gates
So, swing low sweet Coming for to carry me low pink Cadillac Stepping over Jordan I
Ya see, I'm just a wayfarin' stranger Ya with me, ya checking in with danger I'm just a poor stranger Roaming the streets seeking in a manger
I'm goin' to see my father I'm goin' no more to roam I'm just a goin' Jordan I'm just a goin' home
When the is callin' yonder the road is callin' yonder When the is callin' the road is callin' yonder I'll be
I'm goin' to see my father I'm there no more to roam I'm a goin' over Jordan I'm just a goin' over