And he would play, In a little cabaret in a South Texas border town, Sat a boy and his guitar, and the people came from miles around. And all the girls from there to Austin, Were slipping away from home and putting jewelery in hock. To take the trip, to

You feel like home You're the steady through whatever The shelter from the storm You're the promise of forever The place where I belong Took a million miles and wrong turns just to find you And I guess I'm the guy who you were waiting on me all along In

And I'm miles away from home. Yes, I'm a radical (roots radical), miles away from home..... I'm a true born Jamacan, I'm a radical (roots radical), (roots radical) x2 I'm a radical, (roots radical) They won't see me round the corner, They can't catch me

Leave a light, a light on In the darkness before the dawn In the swirling of this storm When I'm rolling with the punches and hope is gone Millions of miles from home In the swirling swimming on When I'm rolling with the thunder but bleed from thorns

The morning sun Traveler in Time Knowing that there's no rhyme The Morning Sun of Dune In the desert of my life When I'm a million miles from home The holy war's Waiting for

And oh my God, I can't believe it I've never been this far away from home It don't matter to me 'Cause all I wanted to be Somewhere more familiar Was a million miles from here Time on your side that will never end The most beautiful thing you can ever

I felt so free Where I wanted to be The days went so fast How I wish they could last So far from my homeland I´m lost in time For that peace of mind Those sacred landscapes Come miles around

'Bout how you saved my life I wanna talk tonight (I wanna talk tonight) Until the mornin' light You and me see how we are Sittin' on my own Chewin' on a bone A thousand million Miles from home

Hate and war The only things we got today An' if I close my eyes They will not go away You have to deal with it It is the currency Hate, hate, hate, the hate of a nation A million miles from home And get war from the junkies