There's a rugged road on the prairie
Stretchin' all across the last frontier
There a stranger strives solitary

Blessed is the lonesome pioneer

Roll on, roll on, roll on

Night birds are flyin'
Come on, the light is gone
Hope's slowly dyin'

Tell me how you come ridin' through
Still surveyin' the miles yet to run
On the long and lonely road to kingdom come


She can blaze a trail, through the rumblin'
Dims her guiding light to just a spark

When the hour is low, she comes tumblin'
When the moon is high she gives her heart


Roll on, roll on, roll on
Night birds are flyin'
Come on, the light is gone

Hope's slowly dyin'
Tell me how you come ridin' through
Gainin' steady till this round is won

On the long and lonely road to kingdom come

People far below chasin' pleasures

Offer her directions on the run
Prophets on the path offer treasures
Though she's mighty hungry she takes none


Roll on, roll on, roll on
Night birds are flyin'

Come on, the light is gone
Hope's slowly dyin'
Tell me how you come ridin' through

Blindly faithful but followin' none
On the long and lonely road to kingdom come


When the sun goes down at the right time
She comes windin' through the purple haze
Just a feather's touch in the nighttime

But it'll color all my weary days

Shinin' finer than this earthly sun

On the ragged rugged road to kingdom come
On the ragged rugged road to kingdom come