Songs:Let Him Roll (57758)

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Trivia, story behind the song, etc.

Lyrics

CAPO: none / Key: D
 [D] Let him roll, boys, let him roll [G]
 I'll [A] bet he's gone to Dallas, rest his soul [D]
 
 SPOKEN:
 [D] Now he was a wino tried and true
 He [G] did about everything a man could do
 He [A] worked on factories, he worked on cars
 He [G] worked on farms, and he worked in bars [D]
 
 It was White Port Wine that put that look in his eye
 That grown men get when they need to cry
 And when we sat down on the curb to rest
 His head just fell down on his chest
 
 And 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
 And his words just rolled off down the gutter
 
 He was an elevator man in a cheap hotel
 In exchange for the rent in a one-room cell
 And he was years old before his time
 No thanks to the world and the White Port Wine
 
 Well he said, " Son," he always called me son
 He said, " Life for you has just begun"
 Then he told me a story that I'd heard before
 How he fell in love with a Dallas wh* * *
 
 He could cut through the years to the very night
 That it all ended in a wh* * *house fight
 When she turned his last proposal down
 In favor of being a girl-about-town 
 
 Now it's been seventeen years right in line
 And he ain't been straight none of the time
 And it's too many years of fighting the weather
 And too many nights of not being together, so he died
 
 SUNG:
 [D] Let him roll, boys, let him roll [G]
 I'll [A] bet he's gone to Dallas, rest his soul [D]
 Let him roll, boys, let him roll [G]
 He [A] always thought that heaven was [G] just a Dallas wh* * * [D] 
 
 SPOKEN:
 Well we went through his personal effects
 In among all the stubs from a Well Fare checks
 Was a crumbling picture of a girl in a door
 In a dress in Dallas and nothing more
 
 The Well Fare people provided the priest
 And a couple from the mission down the street
 Sang "Amazing Grace" and nobody cried
 Except some lady in black way off to the side
 
 Well we all left and she was still standing there
 The black veil covering her silver hair
 Ol' One-Eyed John said, " Her name is Alice
 She used to be a wh* * * in Dallas
 
 SUNG:
 Let him roll, boys, let him roll
 I'll 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 wh* * *
 
 Let him roll, boys, let him roll
 I'll 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 wh* * * 

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Let Him Roll by Guy Clark SONG
on the album Keepers Buy Guy Clark at CD-Baby Any album (including Keepers)	Request this song: Let Him Roll (Only logged in and authenticated users can make requests.) Overall rating: (27 votes) Your rating: You have to login to give your opinion about songs. Length: 4:52 Times played: 46 People hearing: 1147 Times requested: 24 First played: Aug 27th, 2003 Last played: Jun 7th, 2008 Previously played: May 6th, 2008 Song ID#: 57758	Listener rankings & comments: Sol® said: Great Storyteller! Phillip said: This is exactly the same guitar track as "The Randall Knife," the best song about the father-son relationhip I've ever heard. Hey, whatever works. Still, not a bad song. 5 stars=Sol® ♦ sparx ♦ 65strat ♦ BlueRidge ♦ Jim ♦ Monica ♦ Bleau ♦ Pickster ♦ Atuuschaaw ♦ Pyrite ♦ RickHap ♦ Judah ♦ dolcefarniente ♦ Kazookid ♦ Kimchifox ♦ Ruben 4 stars=Beukeboom ♦ Phillip ♦ CooleyBufo ♦ Dean ♦ Kelli 3 stars=Bisbonian ♦ Hexaba ♦ Theimann ♦ JohnA ♦ 12-stringer ♦ JC