i m a rolling stone all alone and lost for a life of sin i have paid the cost when i pass by all the people say just another guy on the lost highway just a deck of cards and a jug of wine and a woman s lies make a life like mine oh the day we met i went astray i started rolling down that lost highway i was just a lad nearly twenty two neither good nor bad just a kid like you and now i m lost too late to pray lord i ve paid the cost on the lost highway now boys don t start your rambling round on this road of sin or you re sorrow bound take my advice or you ll curse the day you started rolling down that lost highway