1) She was a lonely girl alone in a lonely world waiting for someone to find her
He was a city boy in search of a pretty toy
He knew from the first he could blind her with his soft words and fancy stuff ‘cause she never had enough to fill up the empty place inside her
And she walked down the streets in the shadows he cast, no thoughts of the future, and none of the past
With a little girl’s faith she hoped it would last though he said he’d be rollin’ by mornin’, he said,
Chorus
“I’ll be rollin’, you know I’m rollin’, honey, I will be rollin’ by mornin’.”
2) Just like a vagabond he thought that he’d be gone, out on the highway to somewhere
He didn’t recognize love in a woman’s eyes, he didn’t know his own fear
He was hiding every need, there was nothing he couldn’t leave except for the empty
place inside him
And he walked down the streets in the shadows she cast, no thoughts of the future, and none of the past
With a little boy’s faith he feared it would last so he said he’d be rollin’ by mornin’, he said Chorus
Bridge
Mornin’ came as they knew it would, he left before dawn but he didn’t feel good
He opened his truck door and climbed up inside, she was already there and ready to ride, some door in his heart that was locked opened wide he said,
Final Chorus
“I guess we’ll be rollin’ by mornin’.”
She said, “Yes we’ll be rollin’ by mornin’.”
Coda
“Honey we’ll be rollin’, you know we’re rollin’, honey we will be rollin’ by mornin’,
we will be rollin’ by mornin’.”
