Johnny Cash The Wanderer Lyrics

The Wanderer Lyrics

I went out walking through the 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 ol' 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's 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 could 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