Wayfarin' Stranger Lyrics - Spearhead

I'm just a poor wayfarin' stranger 

Travelin' through this world of woe 

There's no sickness toll nor sorrow 

In that bright world to which I go 

I'm going there to see my father 

I'm goin' there no more to roam 

I'm just a goin' over Jordan 

I'm just a goin' over home 

Ya see, I'm a concrete buffalo soldier 

I gotta chip it's like boulder in my shoulder 

Look in my eyes and you can see a red marble 

Like Nostradamus, I'm 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 can't get no 

Lotsa bad habits that I need to control 

Recite the Psalms, but no emancipation 

Church for food and liquor stores for salvation 

Someday I'll make it home to see my father 

He saw the man who shot the coal mine's daughter 

And if I had a dime for every gamble I risked 

I could buy a diamond for the woman I miss ya see 

I'm just a poor wayfarin' stranger 

Ya check with me, ya checking in with the danger 

I'm just a poor wayfarin' stranger 

Roaming the streets seeking Jesus in a manger 

I'm goin' there to see my mother 

She said, she'll meet me when I come 

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

Jordan river roll, river Jordan roll, river Jordan roll on 

Gee, 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 side winder 

Call me a vagrant, no machine to read your fax 

I'll 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 quite 

Ya always mistaking an upraising 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 

Coming for to carry me home 

Swing low pink Cadillac 

Stepping over Jordan I roam 

Ya see, I'm just a poor wayfarin' stranger 

Ya check with me, ya checking in with danger 

I'm just a poor wayfarin' stranger 

Roaming the streets seeking Jesus in a manger 

I'm goin' there to see my father 

I'm goin' there no more to roam 

I'm just a goin' over Jordan 

I'm 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 

I'll be there 

I'm goin' there to see my father 

I'm goin' there no more to roam 

I'm just a goin' over Jordan 

I'm just a goin' over home