Wayfarin' Stranger Songtext
von Spearhead

I′m just a poor wayfarin' stranger
Travellin′ through this world of woe
There's no sickness, toil nor sorrow
In that bright world to which I go
I'm going there to see my father
I′m going there no more to roam

I′m just a goin' over Jordan
I′m just a goin' over home

Yo, see I′m a concrete buffalo soldier
I got a chip it's like a boulder on my shoulder
Look in my eyes and you can see a red marble
Like Nostradamus I′m the promise of tomorrow
Travellin' the city with my mexican cargo
Cotton mouth I take a dry swallow


To the nearest corner watering hole
The bartender with the deed for my soul
Satisfaction no I can't get no
Lots of bad habits that I need to control
Recite the psalms but no emancipation
Church for food and liquor store for salvation

Some day I′ll make it home to my father
He saw the man who shot the coal miner′s daughter
And if I had a dime for every gamble I risked
I could buy a diamond for the woman I miss

You see I'm just a poor wayfarin′ stranger
You check with me you're checkin′ in with danger

I'm just a poor wayfarin′ stranger
Roamin' the streets seekin' Jesus and an angel

I′m going there to see my mother
She said she′d meet me when I come
I'm just a goin′ over Jordan
I'm just a goin′ over home

See ain't it funny how time slips away
I wanna rewind the tape to see my life replay


I soak up the sun just as a reminder
That I was born a sick sidewinder
Call me a vagrant no machine to read your fax
I never pledge allegiance to your blood sweat and taxes
Don′t ever mistake me being docile for contentment
Don't ever mistake my anger for resentment
It's just the calm before the storm that′s why I′m quiet
You're always mistakin′ an uprisin' for a race riot
You can take my life but there′s no escape
Cause you can't shoot your way through the pearly gates

So swing low sweet cadillac
Comin′ for to carry me home

Swing low pink cadillac
Steppin' over Jordan I roam

You see I'm just a poor wayfarin′ stranger
You check with me you′re checkin' in with danger

I′m just a poor wayfarin' stranger
Roamin′ the streets seekin' Jesus and an angel

I′m going there to see my father
I'm going there no more to roam
I'm just a goin′ over Jordan
I′m just a goin' over home