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