I went out wandering through streets paved with gold lifted some stone saw the skin and bones of a city without a soul I went out wandering under an atomic sky where the ground won't turn and the rain it burns like the tears when I said goodbye Yeah I left 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 Yeah I went out walking down that old Lake Lane I pa**ed by a thousand signs Just a looking for my own name Yeah I left with nothing nothing but the thought of you I went wandering Yeah 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 walking looking for one good man a spirit who would not bend or break who would stand 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 paper Told her I'd be back by noon Yeah I left with nothing Nothing but the thought of you I went wandering Yeah I left with nothing But the thought you'd be there too I went wandering