I went out walkin'
Through streets paved with gold
Lifted some stones saw the skin and bones
Of a city without a soul
I went out walkin' under an atomic sky
Where the ground won't turn and the rain it burns
Like the tears when I said goodbyeYeah I went with nothin'
Nothin' but the thought of you
I went wanderingI 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 itI went out ridin' down that old eight lane
I passed by a thousand signs
Lookin' for my own nameI went with nothin'
But the thought you'd be there too
Lookin' for youI went out there in search of experience
To taste and to touch and to feel as much
As a man can before he repentsI went out searching
Lookin' for one good man
A spirit who would not bend or break
Who would sit at his father's right hand
I went out walkin' with a Bible and a gun
The word of God lay heavy on my heart
I was sure I was the oneNow 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 noonYeah I left with nothin'
But the thought you'd be there too
Lookin' for youYeah I left with nothin'
Nothin' but the thought of you
I went wanderin'