Sunday, September 07, 2003
The Wanderer
Words-Bono Vox-Johnny Cash
I went out walking through 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 old 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 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 would 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.
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