I'm just a poor wayfarin' Travelin' through this of woe There's no toll nor sorrow 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' over I'm a goin' over home
Ya see, I'm a concrete soldier I gotta chip it's like boulder in my in my eyes and you can see a red marble Like Nostradamus, I'm the of tomorrow
Traveling the with my Mexican cargo Cotton I take a dry swallow To the corner watering hole The bartender with the deed for my
Satisfaction no, I get no Lotsa bad habits that I need to 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 shot the coal daughter And if I had a for every gamble I risked I buy a diamond for the woman I miss ya see
I'm just a poor stranger Ya with me, ya checking in with the danger I'm just a wayfarin' stranger Roaming the streets seeking in a manger
I'm there to see my mother She said, she'll meet me I come I'm a goin' over Jordan, I'm just a goin' over home Jordan river roll, river Jordan roll, river roll on
Gee, ain't it how time 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 winder
Call me a vagrant, no machine to your fax I'll pledge allegiance to your blood sweat and taxes Don't mistake me being docile for contentment Don't ever mistake my for resentment
It's just the 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 for to carry me home Swing low Cadillac Stepping Jordan I roam
Ya see, I'm a poor wayfarin' stranger Ya check with me, ya checking in danger I'm just a poor wayfarin' Roaming the seeking Jesus in a manger
I'm there to see my father I'm goin' there no to roam I'm just a over Jordan I'm just a goin' home
When the road is callin' the road is callin' yonder When the road is When the road is yonder I'll be
I'm goin' to see my father I'm there no more to roam I'm just a over Jordan I'm a goin' over home