W. Tx Teardrops (Live)

Well, the roadmaps of West Texas

Never gave me good advice

The trains all roll where the roads don’t go

Now, I lay awake at night

Just wondering where the rest is

So, I hit that iron gate

I yelled good-bye to that wife of mine

I may be running late

I’m a-rolling on, I’m a-rolling on

Rolling out past El Paso, Texas

Where I might have had a home

I made my bed, so here I lie

I’m rolling West Texas teardrops in my eye

Though I felt no lonesome feeling

And the same in New Mexico

I was happier than I’d ever been

In my El Paso home

But I thought about the woman

Whom I left to roam the land

And I cried so much

It dug a rut they call the Rio Grande

I’m a-rolling on, I’m a-rolling on

Rolling out past El Paso, Texas

Where I might have had a home

I made my bed, so here I lie

I’m rolling West Texas teardrops in my eye

And my destination is written upon my feet

And the stars above are about the only company I keep

So, I raise my pass and take my seat

I’m rolling fast with a teardrop on my cheek

So, I guess there’ll be no family

So, I guess there’ll be no wife

Gonna roll away on an old steel rail

It’s gonna be my life

And the roadmaps I been reading

Never came to figure out

And all I know is I’d explode by any other route

I’m a-rolling on, I’m a-rolling on

Rolling out past El Paso, Texas

Where I might have had a home

I made my bed, so here I lie

I’m rolling West Texas teardrops in my eye

I’m a-rolling on, I’m a-rolling on

Rolling out past El Paso, Texas

Where I might have had a home

I made my bed, so here I lie

I’m rolling West Texas teardrops in my eye

I’m rolling West Texas teardrops in my eye

Yeah, I’m rolling West Texas tear … drops … in … my eye