Rollin' nowhere, flashing signs
Passing shadows, bitter wine
Rollin' nowhere, now I find
My heart's a lonesome line
Down by the muddy river
In a jungle with no name
Let the smoke rise from the fire
Let the story fan the flame
In a burnin' need for rollin'
'Til the world looks all the same
Rollin' nowhere
Let my mind be free of questions
Let my heart be free of fears
Let my eyes see only motion
Let a day become a year
In a blur of rollin' nowhere
'Til I'm way out in the clear
Rollin' nowhere
Every tramp will soon discover
With the dawning of the light
You can't stay in the mission
If you don't know wrong from right
So you keep on movin' faster
Leave your conscience out of sight
A barber can't make a livin'
Off a man who won't be shaved
Preacher can't make a livin'
Off a man who won't be saved
He might accept your welfare
But he'll run right over your grave
Rollin' nowhere
Passing shadows, bitter wine
Rollin' nowhere, now I find
My heart's a lonesome line
Down by the muddy river
In a jungle with no name
Let the smoke rise from the fire
Let the story fan the flame
In a burnin' need for rollin'
'Til the world looks all the same
Rollin' nowhere
Let my mind be free of questions
Let my heart be free of fears
Let my eyes see only motion
Let a day become a year
In a blur of rollin' nowhere
'Til I'm way out in the clear
Rollin' nowhere
Every tramp will soon discover
With the dawning of the light
You can't stay in the mission
If you don't know wrong from right
So you keep on movin' faster
Leave your conscience out of sight
A barber can't make a livin'
Off a man who won't be shaved
Preacher can't make a livin'
Off a man who won't be saved
He might accept your welfare
But he'll run right over your grave
Rollin' nowhere
more tracks from the album
From the album
- Tonight We Ride (1986)
Michael Martin Murphey popular songs
- Maybe This Time
- Wildfire
- Red River Valley
- What’s Forever For
- Renegade
- Little Joe, the Wrangler
- When the Work’s All Done This Fall
- Riders in the Sky
- What Am I Doing Here
- From the Word Go
- Ring of Truth
- Children of the Wild World
- Roses and Thorns
- Let the Cowboy Dance
- Geronimo’s Cadillac
- Tying Knots in the Devil’s Tail
- Harbor For My Soul
- Running Shadow
- Cowboy Logic
- Hearts in the Right Place
- Calico Silver
- The Heart Knows the Truth
- Wild Bird
- Spanish is the Lovin’ Tongue