Roll On

DARLING YOU DON’T KNOW ME DON’T THINK YOU EVER WILL I’M ANOTHER TINPOT POET ANOTHER INFIDEL AND THEY’RE STILL SCRUBBING AT THE STAINS OF THE COMMUNION WINE I SPILLED WHILE I ROLL ON GET ME SOME GOOD COCAINE GET ME ANY FEELING LEFT GET ME PRETTY LITTLE DANCING GIRLS WITH COLLARS ROUND THEIR NECKS GET ME GOD ON THE LINE BOYS AND MAKE THAT CALL COLLECT OR HE’LL ROLL ON WAS THAT GIRL IN THE DUST DRAWING BREATH OR BLOOD ITS SO HARD TO TELL BETWEEN BAD TASTE AND GOOD SO JUST ROLL ON THERE’S A TRAIN IN THE DISTANCE THERE’S A LINEMAN ON THE LINE THERE’S A HARD RAIN COMING ITS BEEN COMING A LONG TIME AND NOBODY READS MAPS NO MORE NO ONE FOLLOWS SIGNS THEY JUST ROLL ON CALL UP THE CAPTAIN BRING BACK MOTHER JONES RAISE EM UP FROM THE DIRT GET THEM RATTLING THEIR BONES WATCH THEM HAUL DOWN THAT NETWORK MAKE THEM LEAVE THE SKY ALONE TO JUST ROLL ON AND THAT CHAIN AROUND YOUR NECK IS LIKE THE ONE AROUND YOUR FEET JUST ANOTHER SIGNPOST POINTING STRAIGHT TO RUIN STREET WHERE YOU’LL ROLL ON WELL I LOVE YOU FOR YOUR COLOUR BABE I LOVE YOUR FACE ALL THE NEON IN THIS CITY CAN’T HOLD A CANDLE TO YOUR GRACE BUT YOU MOVE THROUGH ME LIKE OUR LOVE IS COMMONPLACE YOU JUST ROLL ON DO YOU REALLY CALL THAT LIVING DO YOU REALLY THINK THATS WISE YOU’VE BEEN DOING SO MUCH DYING, DYING RIGHT BEFORE MY EYES AND IF ITS TRUTH THAT YOU WANT WELL I’VE GOT THIS GREAT DISGUISE YOU JUST ROLL ON IT DOESN’T MATTER HOW MUCH NIETZSCHE YOU HAVE READ WHEN A BLACK BOX CLICKS AND THERE’S A BARREL AT YOUR HEAD SINGING ROLL ON SO HERE’S MY TONGUE HERE’S MY BODY C’MON AND TAKE MY SOUL AWAY I GOT EM CHEAP IN THE MARKET, THEY WEREN’T WORTH MUCH ANYWAY AND IF YOU WANNA FIX THEM UP MAYBE I’LL BUY THEM BACK SOMEDAY TILL THEN I’LL ROLL ON.