Stranger's Voice

It might be worth knowing I only felt like showing what I could bear to let you see When all my wild roving finally took me over And the road started running me I was starving with John R. Miller Way out west in New Mexico We were starving all the way back to Kentucky With thousands of miles to go A man can only stay so strong so long And you can always go back but it don't mean you're going home Every stranger's voice I hear has nothing else to say You know your master's calling you and you'd better not turn away I heard about Jonah at the bottom of the ocean Living in the mouth of a fish And I need my locusts and honey But I ain't got the money because the gig ain't paying me shit There's a man with graying temples and the name of a band But he's just a guitar and a microphone stand And nobody sees me when I pass by On my down to the water for somewhere to hide A man can only stay so strong so long And you can always go back but it don't mean you're going home Every stranger's voice I hear has nothing else to say You know your master's calling you and you'd better not turn away When my sand's at the bottom and I'm sleeping in a coffin Under polyester floral bouquets They'll all go on without me and they might talk about me But I'll never get to hear what they say I'll be singing from 9 to forever Up in front of some old dart board As I face my eternal damnation Down at the bar at the end of the world A man can only stay so strong so long And you can always go back but it don't mean you're going home You're not going home You're not going home You're not going home