roll on down the road

yeah

i say rollin' wheels and blackjack deals

are all the same to me

yeah

traded away everything i made

and headed out to santa fe

laid my money down

the filly came around

she's six lengths in the lead

yeah

grabbed that money and 1 kissed my honey

and we headed down to new orleans

won't you roll on down the road just let it roll

won't you roll on down the road

let it roll

hell

i've never stopped to ask myself

if the getting's worth the goal

guess i gotta gambler guess i gotta rambler

lord

i gotta gypsy soul

yeah well

i gave thanks as they lowered the planks

on the decks of the delta queen

and i got in a game with a man named james

and i figured i'd pick him clean

when the bet went down and the deal came around

worst deal i'd ever seen

i always thought my ace in the hole

must've been in tennessee

well

i always know'd my ace in the hole

must've been in music row

they tell me

boys

gonna make a name

that's the only place to go

if you don't mind

i'm unkind

wanna do things my own way

yeah

you gamble and you lose

sing a three chord blues

hell

it's all the same