travelin through this world of woe
 ther'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 salms but no emancipation
 church for food and liquor stores for salvation
 some day 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 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
 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 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
 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