Stranger’s Voice Songtext
von William Matheny

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