company of strangers

Lyrics

made his way out from the low lands, the son of a preacher man, then he seemed to lose direction, on his way to the promised land, no no, it started with a woman, and it ended in a bottle fight, the jury would not forgive him, when he took a man within an inch of his life, when they took away his freedom, buried his soul aside, no no, in the company of strangers, you find the enemy within, no, and the walls that capture evil, keep the faith from getting in, in the company of strangers, so he sits behind these gray walls, staring at the yellow moon, his dreams lie shattered all around him, casting shadows into his room, baby, when they took away his freedom, they buried his soul aside, no no, in the company of strangers, you find the enemy within, no, and the walls that capture evil, keep the faith from getting in, in the company of strangers, so the years passed by one day, steps outside to the blinding sun, no money in his pockets, and his clothes out of damn, but under his shirt he wears a gun, no no, when they buried him the very next morning, for other that went wrong, in a graveyard full of outlaws, in a stranger's everyone, in the company of strangers, you find the enemy within, no, no, and the walls that capture evil, keep the faith from getting in, in the company of strangers, you find the enemy within, and the walls that capture evil, keep the faith from getting in, in the company, in the company of strangers, listen, i've gotta get out of here, i've gotta get out of here