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