Im just a poor wayfarin stranger
Travelin through this world of woe
Thers no sickness toll nor sorrow
In that bright world to which I go
Im going there to see my father
Im goin there no more to roam
Im just a goin over jordan
Im just a goin over home
Ya see Im a concrete buffalo soldier
I gotta chip its like boulder in my shoulder
Look in my eyes and you can see a red marble
Like nostradamus Im the promise of tomorrow
Traveling 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 cant get no
Lotsa bad habits that I need to control
Recite the salms but no emancipation
Church for food and liquor stores for salvation
Some day Ill make
It home to see my father
He saw the man who shot the coal mines daughter
And if I had a dime for every gamble I risked
I could buy a diamond for the woman I miss ya see
Im just a poor wayfarin stranger
Ya check with me ya checking in with the danger
Im just a poor wayfarin stranger
Roaming the streets seeking jesus in a manger
Im goin there to see my mother
She said shell meet me when I come
Im just a goin over jordan Im just a goin over home
Jordan river roll river jordan roll river jordan roll on
Gee aint it funny - how time slips away I wanna
Rewind the tape to see my life replay
I soack up the sun - just as a reminder
That I was born a sick side winder
Call me a vagrant, no machine to read your fax
Ill never pledge allegiance to your blood sweat and taxes
Dont ever mistake me being docile for contentment
Dont ever mistake my anger for resentment
Its just the calm before the storm thats why Im quite
Ya always mistaking an upraising for a race riot
You can take my life - but theres no escape
cause you cant shoot yer way through the pearly gates
So swing low sweet cadillac
Coming for to carry me home
Swing low pink cadillac
Stepping over jordan I roam
Ya see
Im just a poor wayfarin stranger
Ya check with me ya checking in with danger
Im just a poor wayfarin stranger
Roaming the streets seeking jesus in a manger
Im goin there to see my father
Im goin there no more to roam
Im just a goin over jordan
Im just a goin over home
When the road is callin yonder
When the road is callin yonder
When the road is callin
When the road is callin yonder
Ill be there
Im goin there to see my father
Im goin there no more to roam
Im just a goin over jordan
Im just a goin over home
