i was on my own wandering the oceanside
looking for a home following the ones who died
i was camping out behind the maritime museum
with a ripped up old copy of moby d**k
and my and i tried to get inside
didn't have any money
but i tried
she said kid you better come back with some money
i was looking for a job on a fishing boat
didn't have the know how
all i had was one big romance in my head
and now i'm a summer time away from an empty box
will the gambling ever pay
for the homicidal thoughts for my crew
i'm looking at you
you stink and you snore and you're terrible dudes
but i intend to come back with some money
wherever i go
i'll never be lost unless the sun decides to rise
in the north i will know my way home when
the working is done i will know my way home
california
dreaming in the summertime had to hitch my way out
i met the medicine man he gave me mushrooms
and the road got long
and the new pacific was an ice skating rink
and the mounds of sea and enemies made me think about
towers crumbling down
as all cities and settlements eventually drown
and how i had to go play for some money
wherever i go
i'll never be lost
unless the sun decides to rise in the north
i will know my way home when
the working is done
i will know my way home
and the finest writing i ever did
was in mexico lost my book
left it on a telephone booth
that a wedding went to look at a pretty little lady
in a purple dress
and then i remember what i've been in my
and i wrote down some address
and i'll never make a dime from any literary journal
never publish a line
it's downhill from here
i'll never make any money
cold coffee and a murdered fern
i got some memories of nazi would burn
oh it's a long road to the center of the earth
but for a while i was carving the turns
i got yesterday to reckon with i carry a curse
i'm used to eden
and the gate is a sword
i'm a lonesome pilgrim
and tomorrow i could be with the lord so ever
onward to the light i'm running
wherever i go
i'll never be lost
unless the sun decides to rise
in the north i will know my way home
when the working is done
i will know my way home
wherever i go
i'll never be lost
unless the sun decides to rise
and i know i will know my way
the work is done
i will know my way home
