LOVE OF A ROLLING STONE
(Jerry Chesnut)


Tanya Tucker - 1975



        

You hated old Chicago in the wintertime
When the cold wind blows right through ya
And you said it ain't no fun
Called the West a dream come true
Then one week it got the best of you
On a pipeline in that Oklahoma sun

You swore if this day ever came
There'd be no strings, no playin' games
Misty eyes and sad goodbyes to say
When love is gone why try to put
A finger on what happened
Somewhere down the road it slipped away

All I ever wanted was a baby in my arms
A wedding ring and a simple thing called home
All you ever gave me was a look down some ol' highway
The sky above and the love of a rollin' stone

I remember when you told me that you'd always be a drifting man
And we didn't need another hungry mouth to feed
But I won't bring a child into a world between the roses
And the thorn in the side of a tumblin' tumbleweed

One day you may miss me, but I hope you don't feel guilty
Go chase the sun until your dying day
But inside me there's a second little heartbeat that goes with me
And the one good thing that happened on the way

All I ever wanted was a baby in my arms
A wedding ring and a simple thing called home
All you ever gave me was a look down some ol' highway
The sky above and the love of a rollin' stone






(Transcribed by Mel Priddle - May 2013)