Lyrics
I was walkin'
The narrator is walking.
Walkin' down the Jericho road
They are walking along the Jericho road.
And every mile that I traveled showed
Each mile traveled reveals something.
And I'm walkin' down the Jericho road
Continuing to walk on the Jericho road.
I just kept on walkin'
The narrator persists in walking.
Walkin' down the Jericho road
Continuing the journey along the Jericho road.
And the sun set red over fields of gold
The sun sets over fields of gold.
And I'm walkin' down the Jericho road
Still walking down the Jericho road.
Well Joshua fit the battle, that's how the story goes
Refers to the biblical story of Joshua and the battle of Jericho.
And the walls come a-tumb-a-lin' down I know
Describes the walls of Jericho falling as in the biblical story.
But I'm still walkin'
The narrator continues walking despite the historical context.
Walkin' down the Jericho road
Still journeying on the Jericho road.
I met my mother walkin' down the Jericho road
The narrator meets their mother on the Jericho road.
Tears in her eyes and her head hung low
Describes the mother's emotional state—tears and a bowed head.
And she was walkin' down the Jericho road
The mother is also walking on the Jericho road.
I met my father walkin' down the Jericho road
The narrator encounters their father on the same road.
His back bent over from a heavy load
Depicts the father's physical strain from a heavy burden.
And he was walkin' down the Jericho road
The father is walking along the Jericho road.
I said "papa, don't you know me? Won't you lay your burden down?"
The narrator speaks to their father, asking him to let go of his burden.
He just shook his head and told me "son, you better turn around"
The father refuses the request, advising the narrator to turn back.
And he kept on walkin'
The father persists in walking on the Jericho road.
Walkin' down the Jericho road
Continuing the journey despite the interaction.
I met my brother walkin' down the Jericho road
The narrator meets their brother on the Jericho road.
And his hands were bloody but his face was clean
Describes the brother's appearance—bloody hands but a clean face.
And he was walkin' down the Jericho road
The brother continues his journey on the Jericho road.
I met my sister walkin' down the Jericho road
The narrator encounters their sister carrying an unknown child.
With a babe in her arms that I'd never seen
Describes the sister holding an unfamiliar baby.
And she was walkin' down the Jericho road
The sister is walking on the Jericho road.
She said "It's just a little orphan child I found along the way
The sister explains finding an orphan child and her intention to raise him.
I'll raise him as my own and he'll forgive us all someday"
Expresses hope for the child's forgiveness in the future.
And she kept on walkin'
The sister continues her journey despite the situation.
Walkin' down the Jericho road
Continuing to walk on the Jericho road.
I met my mother
The narrator meets their mother again.
I met my father
The narrator meets their father again.
I met my brother
The narrator meets their brother again.
I met my sister
The narrator meets their sister again.
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