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THE WANDERER

Lyrics: Bono. Music: U2. Vocals by Johnny Cash.

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

I went drifting through the capitals of tim
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 as much
As a man can before he repents

I 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 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...
Nothing but the thought of you...
I went wandering

Mixed by Flood and Robbie Adams. Assisted by Willie Mannion. Engineered by Flood and Robbie Adams. Assisted by Willie Mannion. Backing Vocals by The Edge. Additional synthesizers by Brian Eno. Background loops by Flood.