I'm just a poor stranger through this world of woe There's no toll nor sorrow In that world to which I go
I'm going to see my father I'm goin' there no more to I'm just a goin' over I'm a goin' over home
Ya see, I'm a buffalo soldier I gotta chip it's like in my shoulder in my eyes and you can see a red marble Like Nostradamus, I'm the of tomorrow
Traveling the city with my cargo Cotton mouth I a dry swallow To the nearest corner hole The bartender with the for my soul
Satisfaction no, I get no Lotsa bad habits I need to control Recite the Psalms, but no Church for and liquor stores for salvation
I'll make it home to see my father He saw the man who the coal mine's daughter And if I had a dime for every gamble I I could buy a diamond for the woman I ya see
I'm a poor wayfarin' stranger Ya check me, ya checking in with the danger I'm a poor wayfarin' stranger Roaming the streets seeking Jesus in a
I'm goin' to see my mother She said, she'll me when I come I'm just a over Jordan, I'm just a goin' over home river roll, river Jordan roll, river Jordan roll on
Gee, ain't it funny how slips away I wanna rewind the tape to see my replay I soak up the sun as a reminder That I was a sick side winder
Call me a vagrant, no machine to read fax I'll never pledge allegiance to blood sweat and taxes Don't mistake me being docile for contentment Don't mistake my anger for resentment
It's just the calm the storm that's why, I'm quite Ya always an upraising for a race riot You can take my life but no escape 'Cause you can't shoot your way the pearly gates
So, low sweet Cadillac for to carry me home Swing low pink over Jordan I roam
Ya see, I'm just a poor 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' there no to roam I'm just a goin' over I'm just a goin' over
When the road is callin' the road is callin' yonder When the road is When the road is yonder be there
I'm goin' to see my father I'm goin' no more to roam I'm a goin' over Jordan I'm just a goin' home