W. TX Teardrops-Old 97's

[ti:W. TX Teardrops] [ar:Old 97's] [al:Alive & Wired] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]W. TX Teardrops - Old 97's [00:17.63]Well the roadmaps of west Texas never gave me good advice [00:20.88] [00:22.13]The trains all roll where the roads don't go now I lay awake at night [00:26.06]Just wondering where the rest is so I hit that iron gate [00:29.76] [00:30.43]And I yelled good-bye to that wife of mine I may be running late [00:34.15]I'm a-rolling on I'm a-rolling on [00:36.88] [00:38.07]Rolling out past El Paso Texas where I might have had a home [00:42.26] [00:42.80]I made my bed so here I lie [00:46.29] [00:47.22]I'm rolling west Texas teardrops in my eye [00:50.66] [00:52.23]Though I felt a lonesome feeling in Dulce New Mexico [00:55.39] [00:56.38]I was happier than I'd ever been in my El Paso home [00:59.68] [01:00.49]But I thought about the woman whom I left to roam the land [01:04.78]And I cried so much it dug a rut they call the Rio Grande [01:08.58]I'm a-rolling on I'm a-rolling on [01:11.48] [01:12.64]Rolling out past El Paso Texas where I might have had a home [01:17.24]I made my bed so here I lie [01:20.97] [01:21.65]I'm rolling west Texas teardrops in my eye [01:24.55] [01:44.94]And my destination is written upon my feet [01:47.41] [01:48.92]And the stars above are about the only company I keep [01:53.25]I raise my pass and take my seat [01:56.57] [01:57.62]I'm rolling fast with a teardrop on my cheek [02:00.79] [02:04.49]So I guess there'll be no family so I guess there'll be no wife [02:08.90]Gonna roll away on an old steel dray it's gonna be my life [02:12.22] [02:13.01]And the roadmaps I been reading I never came to figure out [02:17.49]All I know is I'd explode by any other route [02:20.55] [02:21.09]I'm a-rolling on I'm a-rolling on [02:23.92] [02:25.03]Rolling out past El Paso Texas where I might have had a home [02:29.60]I made my bed so here I lie [02:33.19] [02:33.99]I'm rolling west Texas teardrops in my eye