Old 97's - West Texas Teardrops lyrics

Well the roadmaps of west Texas Never gave me good advice The trains all roll where the roads don't go Now I'm layin' awake at night Just wondering where the rest is So I hit that iron gate And I yelled goodbye 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 a lonesome feeling In Dulce, 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 called 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 Here we go, now And my destination is written upon my feet And the stars above are about the only company I keep So raise my pa** 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 dray It's gonna be my life And the roadmaps I been reading Never came to figure out 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 And I'm rolling west Texas teardrops in my eye And I'm rolling west Texas teardrops in my eye