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I'm just a poor wayfarin' stranger |
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Travelin through this world of woe |
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Ther's no sickness toll nor sorrow |
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In that bright world to which i go |
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I'm going there to see my father |
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I'm goin' there no more to roam |
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I'm just a goin' over jordan |
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I'm just a goin' over home |
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Ya see i'm a concrete buffalo soldier |
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I gotta chip it's like boulder in my shoulder |
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Look in my eyes and you can see a red marble |
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Like nostradamus i'm the promise of tomorrow |
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Traveling the city with my mexican cargo |
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Cotton mouth - i take a dry swallow |
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To the nearest corner watering hole |
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The bartender with the deed for my soul |
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Satisfaction no i can't get no |
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Lotsa bad habits that i need to control |
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Recite the salms but no emancipation |
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Church for food and liquor stores for salvation |
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Some day i'll make |
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It home to see my father |
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He saw the man who shot the coal mine's daughter |
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And if i had a dime for every gamble i risked |
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I could buy a diamond for the woman i miss ya see |
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I'm just a poor wayfarin' stranger |
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Ya check with me ya checking in with the danger |
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I'm just a poor wayfarin' stranger |
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Roaming the streets seeking jesus in a manger |
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I'm goin' there to see my mother |
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She said she'll meet me when i come |
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I'm just a goin' over jordan i'm just a goin' over home |
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Jordan river roll river jordan roll river jordan roll on |
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Gee ain't it funny - how time slips away i wanna |
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Rewind the tape to see my life replay |
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I soack up the sun - just as a reminder |
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That i was born a sick side winder |
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Call me a vagrant, no machine to read your fax |
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I'll never pledge allegiance to your blood sweat and taxes |
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Don't ever mistake me being docile for contentment |
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Don't ever mistake my anger for resentment |
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It's just the calm before the storm that's why i'm quite |
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Ya always mistaking an upraising for a race riot |
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You can take my life - but there's no escape |
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'cause you can't shoot yer way through the pearly gates |
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So swing low sweet cadillac |
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Coming for to carry me home |
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Swing low pink cadillac |
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Stepping over jordan i roam |
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Ya see |
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I'm just a poor wayfarin' stranger |
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Ya check with me ya checking in with danger |
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I'm just a poor wayfarin' stranger |
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Roaming the streets seeking jesus in a manger |
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I'm goin' there to see my father |
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I'm goin' there no more to roam |
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I'm just a goin' over jordan |
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I'm just a goin' over home |
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When the road is callin' yonder |
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When the road is callin' yonder |
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When the road is callin' |
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When the road is callin' yonder |
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I'll be there |
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I'm goin' there to see my father |
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I'm goin' there no more to roam |
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I'm just a goin' over jordan |
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I'm just a goin' over home |
