From the recording ORKESTRAZZ XXVII - One Hundred Albums
Lyrics
Wanderers Who Arrive
[Verse 1]
Suitcase seams all frayed
Map folded in my coat
Names of towns I never stayed in
Letters I never wrote
Quiet ticket counter
Coffee cooling in my hand
Everyone’s in such a hurry
I just learn to stand
[Chorus]
Not all those who wander are lost
Some finally find themselves
In a roadside room, in the rain at noon
On a dusty bookstore shelf
Not every wrong turn is a cost
Some roads are a kind of help
Not all those who wander are lost
Some finally find themselves (mmm)
[Verse 2]
Talking to a stranger
Sharing stories, trading scars
Laughing ‘bout our younger versions
Wishing on late trains and stars
I see my own reflection
In the window, soft and strange
Face I’ve known for all these years
Eyes that finally changed
[Chorus]
Not all those who wander are lost
Some finally find themselves
In a quiet cab, in a call home late
In a truth you finally tell
Not every wrong turn is a cost
Some roads are a kind of help
Not all those who wander are lost
Some finally find themselves (oh, they do)
[Bridge]
Maybe it takes leaving
To come back to your name
Maybe it takes drifting
To step out of the frame
I walk through every doorway
Like I’m meeting someone new
And there I am, waiting
I’ve been waiting for me too (yeah)
[Chorus]
Not all those who wander are lost
Some finally find themselves
In a song half-hummed, in an old postcard
In a story you can’t sell
Not every wrong turn is a cost
Some roads are a kind of help
Not all those who wander are lost
Some finally find themselves
Some finally find themselves (mmm)
Some finally find themselves
