[Verse 1] I packed my coat in a red sun dawn Left that porch with the radio on Mama waved from the screen door frame I was chasing a road with no name The tires sang on the painted lines Every mile felt borrowed time I laughed out loud at the open air Like a girl who forgot her cares [Pre-Chorus] And the map got soft in my hands As the town fell back where it stands I could taste that dust and rain Like a song I can't explain [Chorus] Roll on, roll on Down that long white line Roll on, roll on Honey, I was feeling fine (roll on) I left a little heart In every state I passed [Verse 2] Stopped at a diner by a river bend Saw my old boots in the chrome again Coffee gone cold in a paper cup I was half-way gone and not quite up A trucker told me, "Kid, keep true" I said, "Sir, that's all I knew" Then I watched those headlights fade In a blue-black curtain of haze [Pre-Chorus] And the moon hung low and mean On that silver strip in between I kept one hand on the wheel Just to feel what I could feel [Chorus] Roll on, roll on Down that long white line Roll on, roll on Honey, I was feeling fine (roll on) I left a little heart In every state I passed [Bridge] Now I know what I was running from A quiet house and a loaded thumb But the road don't heal, it only hums Till your own lost name comes So I sing to the guardrail posts To the drowsy fields and the ghost Of the girl I used to know When the highway was all she'd hold [Final Chorus] Roll on, roll on Down that long white line Roll on, roll on Honey, I was feeling fine (roll on) I found my way back By the tracks I left behind Roll on, roll on Let the old ache pass Roll on, roll on I'm still here at last (roll on) And I carry that road Like a scar and a song