There's a rugged road on the prairie

Stretchin' all across the last frontier

There a stranger strives solitary

Blessed is the lonesome pioneer

Roll on, roll on, roll on

Night birds are flyin'

Come on, the light is gone

Hope's slowly dyin'

Tell me how you come ridin' through

Still surveyin' the miles yet to run

On the long and lonely road to kingdom come

He can blaze a trail, though the rumblin'

Dims his guiding light to just a spark
When the hour is low, he comes tumblin'

When the moon is high he gives his heart

Roll on, roll on, roll on

Night birds are flyin'

Come on, the light is gone

Hope's slowly dyin'

Tell me how you come ridin' through

Gainin' steady till this round is won

On the long and lonely road to kingdom come

People far below chasin' pleasures

Offer him directions on the run

Prophets on the path offer treasures

Though she's mighty hungry he takes none
Roll on, roll on, roll on

Night birds are flyin'

Come on, the light is gone

Hope's slowly dyin'

Tell me how you come ridin' through

Blindly faithful but followin' none

On the long & lonely road to kingdom come

When the sun goes down at the right time

She comes windin' through the purple haze

Just a feather's touch in the night time

But it'll color all my weary days

Shinin' finer than this earthly sun

On the ragged rugged road to kingdom come
On the ragged rugged road to kingdom come