Clark, Guy - Let Him Roll Lyrics
He's a wino, tried and true.
Done about everything there is to do.
He worked on freighters, he worked in bars.
He worked on farms, 'n he worked on cars.
That grown men get when they need to cry
And he sat down on the curb to rest
And his head just fell down on his chest
He said "Every single day it gets
A little bit harder to handle and yet..."
And he lost the thread and his mind got cluttered
And the words just rolled off down in the gutter
Well he was elevator man in a cheap hotel
He's old in years beyond his time
Thanks to the world, and the white Port wine
So he says "Son," he always called me son
He said, "Life for you has just begun"
And he told me a story that I heard before
How he fell in love with a Dallas whore
Well he could cut through the years to the very night
When it ended, in a whore house fight
And she turned his last proposal down
In favor of being a girl about town
Now it's been seventeen years right in line
And he ain't been straight none of the time
Too many days of fightin' the weather
And too many nights of not being together
So he died...
Well when they went through his personal affects
In among the stubs from the welfare checks
Was a crumblin' picture of a girl in a door
An address in Dallas, and nothin' more
The welfare people provided the priest
A couple from the mission down the street
Sang Amazing Grace, and no one cried
'Cept some woman in black, way off to the side
We all left and she was standing there
Black veil covering her silver hair
And 'ol One-Eyed John said her name was Alice
And she used to be a whore in Dallas
Let him roar, Lord let him roll
Bet he's gone to Dallas Rest his soul
Lord, let him roll, Lord let him roar
He always said that heaven
Was just a Dallas whore.
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Clark, Guy Let Him Roll Comments
He looks like waylon jennings
At Fest? When was this?
Apparently this was at the Kerrville (Texas) Folk Festival 1980.
Doesn't get much better!
The last couple verses gave me chills and even caused some moisture of the eyes.
Don't believe I'd heard this tune before, somehow.
Kerrville....Just shjy of Hunt Tx.....it's a special place indeed......just ask the Germans..Apache ..Comanche...Those bad ass women that went with them and turned over the rocks
"My Father had a Randall knife, my mother gave it too him..." O wait...
this footage is a gift...back before Guy was "Godfather of Americana" still a little rough around the edges, but the song comes out as smooth it gets...
This is a truly brilliant song by a brilliant songwriter.
woo fucking hoo!
17 year old Eddy Shaver on lead guitar, Bee Spears (Willie Nelson) on bass, Freddie Fletcher ( Bobbie Nelson's son) on drums. That is a band.
Eddie Shaver was living in Boerne then.
Wow. One of the highlights of my personal life was everytime I saw Guy Clark play or grandad play. Never realized either really until the last few years. I bet he’s got a studio jamming with my grandad right now.
Guy was a national treasure!!!
colter wall should cover this
jjj I’m going to his show next weekend in Chicago, funny I was wishing he would cover it.
His cover of billy joe’s Georgia on a fast train is fantastic
That is f*cking brilliant
How could the band not laugh after that last outro!?
💙
It was the heaviness of the story Jeffy
I LOVE this! Any other footage from this show? Thx in advance.
This song is just like the outlaw version on harry Chapin’s Corey’s coming still a great song
He was an inspiration and a conspirator. I joined in long ago and return to Guy's songs often. Hope you do, too.
You can hear the Townes infuence on this!.
A neighbour lent me a copy of The Old No1when it first came out and he's been my No1 singer songwriter since. I managed to see him twice here in the Uk, once on his own and once with Verlon. I've still not come across anybody to compete. RIP .
great find man
Was the best
Brilliant. 'and the words just rolled off down the gutter...'
There are damn few artists who carry authenticity with them like their very skin. Guy was one of those rare individuals who was just solid throughout. Rest in peace, you beautiful soul
Beyond perfect.
Old Number 1 may be my favorite album, and I was 18 in 1970, (In my humble opinion, the best music generation of all time.)
This is just stupid kewl...or awesome...or jamming...I don't think you can put a time stamp on this one!
Does anyone know, approximately when this happened? Friends and I were trying to figure out how old Eddy was in this.
before my memories of Guy... is this in the 80's?... he's so young but could be older than i am now, and I feel old...
Classic just classic..
My brother introduced me to this song, and while I love Guy Clark, I don't think anyone could do it better. He had a stroke a couple of years ago, and can't remember things any more. But at the point where the old man calls him "son, he always called me son," my brother said it in such a way that you could see the streaks the wrinkles, all caused by the "white ort wine"
By far the best playing of this song. He pours it on thick this time.
They say Like a Rolling Stone is the greatest song of all time and I can see why. I could easily see why this song could also be considered one of the best. What a jewel.
yeah and guy was channelin' dylan 's voice on this version...
@ Tom Logan, Guy was Guy and he sure didn't have to channel Dylan but what you said is funny ID you were joking...hell, funny if you weren't. Townes lived with Guy and Susanna at times and Guy learned some bits and tricks to put to use on guitar and Townes learned a lot from hanging around with Lightnin'. None of those guys copied but a bunch of folks copied them in one form or another. Guy wrote this song after he nailed himself in a room because he thought Townes and Susanna were picking on him!
What ??? How can anyone give a dislike to this ?? Thats pure stuff of best music
if you walk into a room of 550 people 2 of them are probably idiots :P
Good bye my Shakespeare
Or as Steve Earle said, 'Goodbye, Michelangelo'
R.I.P. Guy... Your songs changed the way all songwriters should write songs!
Guy told us what heaven is.
legit outlaw country hero will be missed RIP
RIP Guy... deeply touched by your being here!
There was only one Guy that's too bad. A true American original. I will miss him.
RIP Guy Clark. Sad to lose him
Guy saved my soul a few nights
Rest in Peace if you want to
Rock on if you want to
RIP Guy... Thanks for all the music that touched my heart & soul.
im so sorry mr clark isee you now
ok my bad i see you now
Guy was so very professional. It was an absolute pleasure working with him. You knew you were in the presence of greatness, but he gave no indication that he knew.
Terry Canup funny, I was gonna say how he stood up to shaver at the end.
Almost like he's Playing to good.
Then again, I'm drunk
Let em roll
thanks for posting. That's awesome man. He wouldn't have lived so long if he had kept rolling that hard imo.
Terry Canup digging for gold
If I missed it I'm sorry but what year was this video recorded, any idea ? Thanks great stuff !
Sometime Kerrville
I hope this song is playing when I kick the bucket one of these days...
great live version
I loved this. I'll leave it at that.
Hey dumbass, the name of the song is Let HIM Roll not IT you colossal plebeian ignoramus. Have some respect for one of the greatest songwriting talents this great nation of America ever birthed.
Ricky's got a request... Ha, it ain't easy being greasy...
Ricky's got a request!!
"I think you got a request" Then someone yells "Battle of [something unintelligible]. Listen again.
NOBODY....
AND I MEAN NOBODY...
SINGS THE WORD
"WHORE"
LIKE GUY CLARK
one of the greatest songs ever written. Incredible!
That is little Eddie Shaver on lead guitar.
Got to see him play with his dad's band in a small saloon in Dallas one Saturday night. He was a helluva guitar player. A few years later he died from an overdose of heroin on New Year's Eve.
@Tim Parker He couldn't have been out of his teenage years in this clip. Todd Snider wrote Waco Moon after Eddy Shaver died.
Holy shit it was! The cross pollination here!
Eddie was living in Boerne then.
Thanks Rick. I hadn't noticed.
Is that Tom Hunting on drums?
Or is it a young Steve Earle on guitar?
Rob Smoughton Even better. Eddie Shaver.
May I say that the correct song title is "Let HIM Roll"? And Guy sings "him"!
But thanks for posting this fine version anyway...
Is that Eddy Shaver on guitar?
The sound on your videos is just fantastic. Thank you so much for making these great videos available.
Stunning song from a great artist
Peter Jo
A genuine classic. The master at the top of his game.
From the beard, I'm guessing it's from around 1981 when The South Coast of Texas was out. I'm also thinking that Guy very rarely ever performed with a full band, at least from what I've heard.
Pure poetry, just amazing.
I saw Guy Clark for the first time at Kerrville, around 1976. Thanks for the memories.
Wow Terry, What a gift!! It is like finding buried treasure coming across your stuff. Thanks so very much!!