I'm just a poor stranger Travelin' through this of woe There's no sickness toll nor In that bright to which I go
I'm going there to see my I'm goin' there no more to I'm just a goin' Jordan I'm just a goin' home
Ya see, I'm a concrete buffalo I gotta chip it's like in my shoulder Look in my eyes and you can see a red Like Nostradamus, I'm the of tomorrow
Traveling the with my Mexican cargo Cotton I take a dry swallow To the nearest watering hole The bartender with the deed for my
Satisfaction no, I get no Lotsa bad habits that I need to Recite the Psalms, but no for food and liquor stores for salvation
Someday make it home to see my father He saw the man who shot the mine's daughter And if I had a dime for every I risked I could buy a diamond for the woman I ya see
I'm a poor wayfarin' stranger Ya check with me, ya checking in the danger I'm a poor wayfarin' stranger Roaming the seeking Jesus in a manger
I'm goin' there to see my She said, she'll meet me I come I'm just a goin' Jordan, I'm just a goin' over home Jordan river roll, river Jordan roll, river Jordan on
Gee, ain't it how time slips away I wanna rewind the to see my life replay I up the sun just as a reminder That I was born a sick side
Call me a vagrant, no machine to read fax never pledge allegiance to your blood sweat and taxes Don't ever me being docile for contentment Don't ever mistake my for resentment
just the calm before the storm that's why, I'm quite Ya always mistaking an upraising for a race You can take my life but no escape 'Cause you can't shoot your way through the pearly
So, low sweet Cadillac Coming for to carry me low pink Cadillac Stepping over I roam
Ya see, I'm just a poor wayfarin' Ya check with me, ya checking in danger I'm a poor wayfarin' stranger Roaming the streets seeking Jesus in a
I'm goin' there to see my I'm goin' there no to roam I'm just a over Jordan I'm just a goin' home
When the road is callin' When the road is callin' the road is callin' When the road is callin' be there
I'm there to see my father I'm goin' no more to roam I'm just a over Jordan I'm just a over home