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