long way home

john   lord knows you still vexed   reckon me too if my wife stole off durin sleepy night   god an de devil only souls up at dat hour even if i knows she bout to be sold south   even if i knows she was leevin   an you did   you so troubled when i talk about leevin call me a fool   call me cudjo   five years wid you john   yo wife bout to be sold away   jus cus you free dis don’t worry you none you laugh   dunno if i’d miss yo laugh if i was in de south tho thank ya jesus gotta room in philadelphia john   aint big but clean nuf room for us   some chirren too   yo baby   i aint too old jus yet jus round thirty-one   i think   make us a home john    one where we’s both free   free from de lash’s shadow free like de lord mean   got dis suit fo ya john   aint nobody worn dese clothes befo walk proud in dese clothese   dese is free mans cloths