I roll like thunder,

Go, like dynamite,

All flesh and bone, I come,

Old death 'long by my side,

In from the storm,

This scornful breath about my tongue,

I took my chances,

Took what chance I got,

Lord know, my hands is tied,

This all-bindin', ancient, blood,

There flood my mind, images.

Blindin' as the sun,

Can't tell my future,

I can't tell my past,

It's only eludin' fate,

That make my journey's task,

That weigh down upon me,

Out on the run,

The band are playin',

Bathed in electrical light

But I'm all at sea, away,

Under the shade o' that dark fright,

Know an' I, never had a chance, I come,

Bound to all, I done.

You hear me singin',

Know my time ain't long,

Desirous, this song I bring,

On these un-restin' bones

Long ways from home, I stumbled,

Long, since time begun.