Song information On this page you can read the lyrics of the song Wayfaring Stranger/You Got me Runnin' , by - Tim Buckley. Song from the album Dream Letter, in the genre Release date: 20.12.2004
Record label: Manifesto
Song language: English
Wayfaring Stranger/You Got me Runnin' |
| I am a poor wayfaring stranger |
| Lord, traveling through this world of woes |
| And I find sickness toil and danger |
| Everywhere, everywhere I go |
| I’m going there to see my brother |
| I’m going there no more to roam |
| I’m going there, it’s just over Jordan |
| I’m going there to my new home |
| One of these mornings and it won’t be long |
| Men will rest and stand side by side |
| And hand in hand they’re bound for glory |
| Their foes will fall on freedom’s sand |
| I’m going there to see my brother |
| I’m going there no more to roam |
| I’m going there, it’s just over Jordan |
| I’m going there no more to roam |
| You got me runnin' |
| If you have been passing through the Swinging Gates |
| Chances are you have looked behind you |
| And wondered where you are |
| And wondered where you are |
| To know another man’s heart |
| And know him through his pain |
| To know him through his happiness |
| Then you can truly smile |
| Then you can truly smile |
| It’s not just what you say |
| It’s mostly how you are feeling |
| It‘s not how much you spend |
| But mostly where you lend it |
| I look around me every morning |
| So many lost, so many still on top of that fence |
| I just have to wonder truly wonder |
| You care much about life to fall off and start again |
| It keeps me running |
| It keeps me hiding |
| It keeps me peeping |
| And Lord don’t you know |
| Sometimes you find it |
| It keeps me slipping and asliding |
| It keeps me running and hiding |
| Peeping and ahiding |
| I don’t have that much love to give |
| But I found a way to try |
| If that gate is swinging low |
| I got the key in my heart to try |
| If you have been passing through the Swinging Gates |
| Chances are you have looked behind you |
| Wondered where the hell you have been going |
| And wondered where you are |
| Why you carry on |
| Your mind wants to die |
| But your heart keeps yelling back |
| But it keeps going |
| The voices from the sea keep calling out |
| ‘Don't let us down' |
| The winds gonna howl it |
| Babies gonna cry it |
| Keep running and hiding |
| Peeping and ahiding |
| Slipping and asliding |
| Running and hiding |
| Keep on trying |
| Now the room keeps buzzing |
| Like a beehive in the forest |
| When the bears are gone |
| Lord it hates to be caught |
| Hates to be brought down |
| I ain’t gonna suck the life from you |
| I got my huge black comb |
| Just here on borrowed time |
| And I thought I’d stop by and say |
| Hello old friend |
| It don’t feel the same way I do |
| Thank God for that |
| You see I’m just a rusty hinge |
| Keep on running people |
| Listen to your heart |
| Listen to your heart |
| Don’t take the sparkle out of those little children’s eyes |
| Let them run and play |
| Let them run and play |
| Soon enough they’ll be just like you |
| Wayfaring Stranger |
| I am a poor wayfaring stranger |
| Traveling through this world of woes |
| Lord and I find sickness sickness, toil and trouble |
| Everywhere everywhere everywhere I see |
| Lord I’m going there to find to find my brother |
| They told me that he’ll be waiting there |
| I’m going there Lord it’s just over Jordan |
| Oh I’m going there to my new home |
| My new home |
| Tim Buckley |
| Tim Buckley Music ASCAP |
| Released 1990 Enigma Retro/Bizarre Records |
| «Dream Letter: Live in London 1968» |