Song Description

A song about a sojourner

Lyrics

Walking down the road
With my tail between my legs
I don?t know what to do
Because it?s not in me to beg
Her to come back home
So I just walk on

She ripped my heart right out
And she threw it on the ground
Father says to me ?Son there is
Nothing here for you in town.?
So you?d better leave
Go and get a degree

Maybe daddy?s right
Maybe I don?t need that bitch
Maybe I should go to the city
And get filthy fucking rich
With my big brain
Get on the money train

I packed up all my things
And I tuned up my guitar
I threw it in the back seat
Of Father?s beat up car
And I waved goodbye
Watched Mama cry

Sleep O? Sleep you sweet sojourner
I call out your name
We were no where near the same
But we were cousins
Here on Earth and played its game
O? sweet sojourner

On the way to town
I was bothered by a bum
I rolled down my dirty window
And he said to me ?Hey chum,
Can I get a ride??
I said ?Get inside.?

He looked like he?d been around
Like he?d seen a thing or two
I asked him where he?s goin?
And he said he had no clue
And then he smiled
So we talked a while

?Where is it you?re from??
And ?What are you gunna do??
?What is it you?ve done??
?Tell me, who is after you??
My new best friend
Until the end

As we passed the church
His smile disappeared
A tear rolled down his cheek
As he revealed to me his fears
And then he died
I wept inside

Sleep O? Sleep you sweet sojourner
I call out your name
We were no where near the same
But we were cousins
Here on Earth and played its game
O? sweet sojourner

I got out of the car
And I held his body tight
And I looked up at the clouds
I asked his Father why
He had to go?
And I?ll never know

With a heavy bleeding heart
I quickly turned around
And I took my brother to the fields
And laid his body down
Inside the Earth
Inside the Earth

Sleep O? Sleep you sweet sojourner
I call out your name
We were no where near the same
But we were cousins
Here on Earth and played its game
O? sweet sojourner