Let Him Roll
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๐ Lyrics
Let him roll, boys, let him roll
I bet he's gone to Dallas, rest his soul
Now he was a wino, tried and true
Done about everything there is to do
He worked on freighters, he worked in bars
He worked on farms, and he worked on cars
Now it was white port whine, that put that look in his eye
That grown men get when they need to cry
And we sat down on the curb to rest
And his head just fell down on his chest
He said, "Every single day it gets
Just a little bit harder to handle and yet..."
Then he lost the thread and his mind got cluttered
The words just rolled off down the gutter
He was a elevator man in a cheap hotel
In exchange for the rent on a one room cell
And he's years old before his time
No thanks to the world, and the white port wine
So he said, "Son", he always called me son
He said, "Life for you has just begun"
And then he told me the story that I heard before
How he fell in love with a Dallas whore
He could cut through the years to the very night
That it all ended in a whore house fight
And she turned his last proposal down
In favor of being a girl about town
Now it's been 17 years right in line
And he ain't been straight none of the time
It's too many years of fightin' the weather
And too many nights of not being together
So he died
Let him roll, boys, let him roll
I bet he's gone to Dallas, rest his soul
Let him roll, boys, let him roll
He always thought that Heaven
Was just a Dallas whore
When they went through his personal affects
In among the stubs from the welfare checks
Was a crumblin' picture of a girl in a door
An address in Dallas, and nothin' more
Well, the welfare people provided the priest
And a couple from the mission down the street
Sang Amazing Grace, and nobody cried
'Cept some lady in black way off to the side
We all left and she's standin' there
The black veil coverin' her silver hair
And ole one-eyed John said her name was Alice
She used to be a whore in Dallas
Let him roll (let him roll), boys, let him roll
I bet he's gone to Dallas, rest his soul
Let him roll (let him roll), boys, let him roll
He always thought that Heaven
Was just a Dallas whore
Let him roll, boys, let him roll
Let him roll, boys, let him-
I bet he's gone to Dallas, rest his soul
Now he was a wino, tried and true
Done about everything there is to do
He worked on freighters, he worked in bars
He worked on farms, and he worked on cars
Now it was white port whine, that put that look in his eye
That grown men get when they need to cry
And we sat down on the curb to rest
And his head just fell down on his chest
He said, "Every single day it gets
Just a little bit harder to handle and yet..."
Then he lost the thread and his mind got cluttered
The words just rolled off down the gutter
He was a elevator man in a cheap hotel
In exchange for the rent on a one room cell
And he's years old before his time
No thanks to the world, and the white port wine
So he said, "Son", he always called me son
He said, "Life for you has just begun"
And then he told me the story that I heard before
How he fell in love with a Dallas whore
He could cut through the years to the very night
That it all ended in a whore house fight
And she turned his last proposal down
In favor of being a girl about town
Now it's been 17 years right in line
And he ain't been straight none of the time
It's too many years of fightin' the weather
And too many nights of not being together
So he died
Let him roll, boys, let him roll
I bet he's gone to Dallas, rest his soul
Let him roll, boys, let him roll
He always thought that Heaven
Was just a Dallas whore
When they went through his personal affects
In among the stubs from the welfare checks
Was a crumblin' picture of a girl in a door
An address in Dallas, and nothin' more
Well, the welfare people provided the priest
And a couple from the mission down the street
Sang Amazing Grace, and nobody cried
'Cept some lady in black way off to the side
We all left and she's standin' there
The black veil coverin' her silver hair
And ole one-eyed John said her name was Alice
She used to be a whore in Dallas
Let him roll (let him roll), boys, let him roll
I bet he's gone to Dallas, rest his soul
Let him roll (let him roll), boys, let him roll
He always thought that Heaven
Was just a Dallas whore
Let him roll, boys, let him roll
Let him roll, boys, let him-
โฑ๏ธ Synced Lyrics
[00:13.81] Let him roll, boys, let him roll
[00:20.75] I bet he's gone to Dallas, rest his soul
[00:27.90] Now he was a wino, tried and true
[00:31.64] Done about everything there is to do
[00:34.73] He worked on freighters, he worked in bars
[00:37.88] He worked on farms, and he worked on cars
[00:42.61] Now it was white port whine, that put that look in his eye
[00:46.24] That grown men get when they need to cry
[00:49.62] And we sat down on the curb to rest
[00:53.13] And his head just fell down on his chest
[00:57.52] He said, "Every single day it gets
[01:01.24] Just a little bit harder to handle and yet..."
[01:04.98] Then he lost the thread and his mind got cluttered
[01:08.10] The words just rolled off down the gutter
[01:12.98] He was a elevator man in a cheap hotel
[01:16.38] In exchange for the rent on a one room cell
[01:19.86] And he's years old before his time
[01:23.14] No thanks to the world, and the white port wine
[01:27.90] So he said, "Son", he always called me son
[01:31.14] He said, "Life for you has just begun"
[01:34.72] And then he told me the story that I heard before
[01:38.39] How he fell in love with a Dallas whore
[01:43.16] He could cut through the years to the very night
[01:46.83] That it all ended in a whore house fight
[01:50.13] And she turned his last proposal down
[01:53.54] In favor of being a girl about town
[01:58.28] Now it's been 17 years right in line
[02:01.65] And he ain't been straight none of the time
[02:05.29] It's too many years of fightin' the weather
[02:08.84] And too many nights of not being together
[02:12.74] So he died
[02:16.40] Let him roll, boys, let him roll
[02:23.49] I bet he's gone to Dallas, rest his soul
[02:29.75] Let him roll, boys, let him roll
[02:37.05] He always thought that Heaven
[02:40.61] Was just a Dallas whore
[02:45.73] When they went through his personal affects
[02:49.06] In among the stubs from the welfare checks
[02:52.25] Was a crumblin' picture of a girl in a door
[02:55.75] An address in Dallas, and nothin' more
[03:00.51] Well, the welfare people provided the priest
[03:04.16] And a couple from the mission down the street
[03:06.81] Sang Amazing Grace, and nobody cried
[03:10.59] 'Cept some lady in black way off to the side
[03:15.97] We all left and she's standin' there
[03:18.99] The black veil coverin' her silver hair
[03:22.07] And ole one-eyed John said her name was Alice
[03:26.02] She used to be a whore in Dallas
[03:30.03] Let him roll (let him roll), boys, let him roll
[03:37.38] I bet he's gone to Dallas, rest his soul
[03:43.36] Let him roll (let him roll), boys, let him roll
[03:50.84] He always thought that Heaven
[03:54.36] Was just a Dallas whore
[03:56.92] Let him roll, boys, let him roll
[04:10.36] Let him roll, boys, let him-
[04:15.49]
[00:20.75] I bet he's gone to Dallas, rest his soul
[00:27.90] Now he was a wino, tried and true
[00:31.64] Done about everything there is to do
[00:34.73] He worked on freighters, he worked in bars
[00:37.88] He worked on farms, and he worked on cars
[00:42.61] Now it was white port whine, that put that look in his eye
[00:46.24] That grown men get when they need to cry
[00:49.62] And we sat down on the curb to rest
[00:53.13] And his head just fell down on his chest
[00:57.52] He said, "Every single day it gets
[01:01.24] Just a little bit harder to handle and yet..."
[01:04.98] Then he lost the thread and his mind got cluttered
[01:08.10] The words just rolled off down the gutter
[01:12.98] He was a elevator man in a cheap hotel
[01:16.38] In exchange for the rent on a one room cell
[01:19.86] And he's years old before his time
[01:23.14] No thanks to the world, and the white port wine
[01:27.90] So he said, "Son", he always called me son
[01:31.14] He said, "Life for you has just begun"
[01:34.72] And then he told me the story that I heard before
[01:38.39] How he fell in love with a Dallas whore
[01:43.16] He could cut through the years to the very night
[01:46.83] That it all ended in a whore house fight
[01:50.13] And she turned his last proposal down
[01:53.54] In favor of being a girl about town
[01:58.28] Now it's been 17 years right in line
[02:01.65] And he ain't been straight none of the time
[02:05.29] It's too many years of fightin' the weather
[02:08.84] And too many nights of not being together
[02:12.74] So he died
[02:16.40] Let him roll, boys, let him roll
[02:23.49] I bet he's gone to Dallas, rest his soul
[02:29.75] Let him roll, boys, let him roll
[02:37.05] He always thought that Heaven
[02:40.61] Was just a Dallas whore
[02:45.73] When they went through his personal affects
[02:49.06] In among the stubs from the welfare checks
[02:52.25] Was a crumblin' picture of a girl in a door
[02:55.75] An address in Dallas, and nothin' more
[03:00.51] Well, the welfare people provided the priest
[03:04.16] And a couple from the mission down the street
[03:06.81] Sang Amazing Grace, and nobody cried
[03:10.59] 'Cept some lady in black way off to the side
[03:15.97] We all left and she's standin' there
[03:18.99] The black veil coverin' her silver hair
[03:22.07] And ole one-eyed John said her name was Alice
[03:26.02] She used to be a whore in Dallas
[03:30.03] Let him roll (let him roll), boys, let him roll
[03:37.38] I bet he's gone to Dallas, rest his soul
[03:43.36] Let him roll (let him roll), boys, let him roll
[03:50.84] He always thought that Heaven
[03:54.36] Was just a Dallas whore
[03:56.92] Let him roll, boys, let him roll
[04:10.36] Let him roll, boys, let him-
[04:15.49]