Artist: Johnny Cash Album: Essential (2009) Title: The Wanderer
Lyrics The WandererI went out walking through the streets paved with gold Lifted some stones, saw the skin and bones Of a city without a soul
I went out walking under an atomic sky Where the ground won't turn and the rain it burns Like the tears when I said goodbye
Yeah, I went with nothing Nothing but the thought of you I went wandering
I went drifting through the capitals of tin Where men can't walk or freely talk And sons turn their fathers in
I stopped outside a church house where the citizens like to sit They say they want the kingdom But they don't want God in it
I went out riding, down that ol' eight lane I passed by a thousand signs Looking for my own name
I went with nothing But the thought you'd be there too Looking for you
I went out there in search of experience To taste and to touch and to feel's as much As a man can before he repents
I went out searching, looking for one good man A spirit who would not bend or break Who could sit at his father's right hand
I went out walking with a bible and a gun The word of God lay heavy on my heart I was sure, I was the one
Now Jesus, don't you wait up, Jesus, I'll be home soon Yeah, I went out for the papers Told her I'd be back by noon
Yeah, I left with nothing But the thought you'd be there too Looking for you
Yeah, I left with nothing Nothing but the thought of you I went wandering |