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 and 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 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 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 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 dray it s gonna be my life and the roadmaps i been reading i 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 i m rolling west texas teardrops in my eye yeah i m rolling west texas teardrops in my eye