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The Wanderer

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This is for the song featuring U2. The other one is in the wrong key.
GI went out walking through the streets paved with gold
CLifted some stones, saw the skin and bones
Of a Gcity without a soul
I went out walking under an atomic sky
Where the Cground wont turn and the rain it burns
Like the Gtears when I said goodbye
YeaEmh I went with notChing
NotGhing but the thoDught of you
I went EmwanderingC  D  G  
I went drifting through the capitals of tin
Where men cant 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 dont 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 youd 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 fathers 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, dont you wait up
Jesus, Ill be home soon
Yeah I went out for the papers
Told her Id be back by noon
Yeah I left with nothing
But the thought youd be there too
Looking for you...
Yeah I left with nothing
Nothing but the thought of you...
I went wandering
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