Emmylou Harris Rollin And Ramblin written by Robin Williams Lynda Williams Jerome Clarke Chris Leuzinger acoustic guitar Pete Wasner piano Roy Huskey Jr bass Kenny Malone drums Bobby Wood electric piano Stuart Duncan fiddle Jo-El Sonnier accordion Richard Bennett six string bass Melba Montgomery harmony Barry Tashian harmony Folks in Nashville slammed the door said We don't want you anymore Find your own way down the road Pack your fiddle and your guitar Take a train or take a car Find someone else to keep you from the cold Rollin and ramblin women loved him half to death Sang with whiskey on his breath His heart broke like a child Rollin and ramblin The sun had set out on the trail Hobos drifted up the rails he's taken his last ride Oh, he always sang the blues like it was all he ever knew He didn't sing at all at night He was pale and as he dozed He didn't know his time had closed Slumped in the back seat to the right Rollin and ramblin women loved him half to death Sang with whiskey on his breath His heart broke like a child Rollin and ramblin The sun had set out on the trail Hobos drifted up the rails he's taken his last ride SOLO So they sent him on a night train south In the cities and the rural routes Just one more place to go Ah the whistles sang the bluest note like it came from his own throat Moaning sad and cryin low Rollin and ramblin women loved him half to death Sang with whiskey on his breath His heart broke like a child Rollin and ramblin The sun had set out on the trail Hobos drifted up the rails he's taken his last ride From Emmylou Harris "Brand New Dance" Reprise Records 1990 Songs Of Polygram Intl Inc/Brantford Music(BMI)