Roll me along

Roll me along

If it don't kill me, it'll make me stronger

Roll me along

Roll me along

If it don't kill me, it'll make me stronger

If it don't make me stronger, it lay me down to sleep



I headed straight for the heart of the gold coast

And landed right in the heart of the city night

One more kid from a sleepy town

I just about got it right



I was wrapped in the arms of sickness

With my fever running through my head

Way too young to be worried yet

But old enough to pay my debts

You know I'm old enough to pay my debts



Roll me along

Roll me along

If it don't kill me, it'll make me stronger

Roll me along

Roll me along

If it don't kill me, it'll make me stronger



I was pulled out of the cold cold ground

And they slapped me so that I could breathe

And I know the good lord gave me eyes

Surely so the blind could see



By the light of a dimming bulb

The pages of the book of lies

Deep in the heartland one cold night

The epidemic started nationwide

We were dropping like flies well before our time

A yellow-ribbon inquisition on a cocaine high

And it seems like we finally got it right



Won't you take me back in time

To the good old days

When the sun revolved around the Earth?



Pops from a box in the cold, cold ground but he didn't see his shadow

Woe is me

Oh no



Just two thousand more years to go

Just two thousand more years to go

Just two thousand more years to go

Just two thousand more years ago



Roll me along

Roll me along

If it don't kill me, it'll make me stronger

Roll me along

Roll me along

If it don't kill me, it'll make me stronger

If it don't make me stronger, it lay me down to sleep