Roll Along

1. When I know the evenings over, and I know I should go home,
When politeness sits a-mocking, his last cup of coffee gone,
Then the feeling comes upon me, I would really like to stay,
But the evenings over, so I go away.

(Chorus) Roll along, a different place, a change in style.
Roll along, a different face, a brand new smile.
How you love to ring the changes in your life as they roll by.
Hope you’re rolling sweetly, my friend roll along.


2. We’ve spent sixteen months together as we’ve puddled through the days.
We’re both using the same setting, though we’re different one act plays.
When you’ve told me, and my mind has sidestepped, I have always known
The place you call your place must only be your own. (Chorus)

3. I have leant on you in pain, when I’ve been only inches tall.
You have held me when my mind has been enclosed behind a wall.
Let me say again you give me strength, and hope, and air, and light,
So I’m not surprised I think of you tonight. (Chorus)

4. Have you ever seen the sunset, when you thought the day still young?
Have you seen a film that’s ended as it’s only just begun?
Have you watched a raindrop fall, and then be gone as it appears?
That’s how time will feel when we’ve been friends for years. (Chorus)

© Bruce McNicol 20/8/1982