W. Tx Teardrops Lyrics - Alive & Wired - Old 97's

Well the road maps 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 

So 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 road maps 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 

And I'm rolling West Texas teardrops in my eye 

And I'm rolling West Texas teardrops in my eye