I'm on a red dirt road windin' up to a sky of blue. And I left the blacktop back about a mile or two. No more sittin' at home leave the TV and the telephone far behind.
It's killin me to write the word goodbye. I've wadded up and tossed a thousand tries. We both know the reason there ain't nothing to explain. But I know that my leavin will spare us both the pain.
It takes a worried man to sing a worried song. It takes a worried man to sing a worried song. It takes a worried man to sing a worried song. I'm worried now but I won't be worried long.
Oh, the waves on the sea, how they roll. The chilly winds, how they do blow. My own true love got drownded in the deep. And the ship never got to the shore.
I'm goin' away to leave you, love. I'm goin' away for a while. I'll come back to you sometime. If I go ten thousand miles. . The storms are on the ocean.
I hear a low faint voice that says. Papa and mama's dead. And it comes from the poor orphan child. That must be clothed and fed. And it comes from the poor orphan child.
On a hill lone and gray. In a land far away. In a country beyond the blue sea. Where beneath that far sky. Went a man for to die. For the world and for you and for me.
O, Death. O, Death. . Won't you spare me over til another year. Well what is this that I can't see. With ice cold hands takin' hold of me. Well I am death, none can excel.
Motherless children sees a hard time. When their mother's dead. Motherless children sees a hard time. When their mother's dead. They are driven out in the cold.
And o're the dark waters we glide. My heart's growing weary and worn. I'm longing with speed to go by. Your Savior, I'm longing for home. . Longing for home, longing for home.
Away by the waters so blue. The ladies were winding their way. While Pharaoh's little daughter went down to the water. To bathe in the cool of the day.
If you're in the battle for the Lord and right. Just keep on the firing line. If you win the battle, surely you must fight. (Brother) keep on the firing line.
Would've been better for us both had we never. In this wide wicked world had never met. For the pleasure we've both known together. I'm sure, love, I'll never forget.
I've got a home in that rock. Don't you see (don't you see). I've got a home in that rock. Don't you see. I've got a home in that rock. Just beyond the mountaintop.
Along came the F-15 the swiftest on the line. Running over the C and O road just twenty minutes behind. Running into Cevile head porters on the line. Receiving their strict orders from a station just behind.
I remember very well. On one dark and dreary day. Just as I was leaving home. For a distant land to roam. . Mother said (mother said). My dear boy (my dear boy).
That wheel of fortune went spinning round. High, high hopes went crashing down. We were all locked up, free to go. I guess it goes to show you never know..
Put one foot in front of the other. Stepping in through the here and now. I dont know just where Im going. But Im gonna get there it anyhow. . Got this far and no direction.
The Jupiter is gleaming shining in the sun. Everybody ready for the great cross country run. Tell me have you heard the story goin' down the wire ... goin' down the line?.