[vocal improvisation recommended]
[shuffle tempo, rolling piano, laid-back swing,
Guitar riffs]
[Intro guitar riff]
Woo!
Yeah… oh yeah
(Yeah… oh yeah)
[electric guitar riffs loop]
[Verse 1]
Back when the radio spoke your name
Said big dreams were fair game
(fair game)
Store on the block knew your face
You could live at a slow pace
Now it’s all on a small blue screen
Fast and loud, hard and mean (hard and mean)
Oh yeah…
[Drums crash in — guitars erupt]
[Chorus]
Oh, time rolls on like a pair of dice
(Ohhh yeahhh)
Don’t ask once, don’t ask twice
It don’t care if you win or lose
It just rolls with the news
Yeah it rolls… rolls on (rolls on)
rolls on baby (rolls on)
Come on baby… rolls on
Yeah it rolls… rolls on (rolls on)
rolls on baby (rolls on)
Come on baby… rolls on
[Verse 2]
We would fight then let it slide
Drink it off, stand with pride (ohhh pride)
Now it’s words you type and send
No more foes, no more friends (no more)
Used to talk till the sun came up
Now no one says that stuff
that’s right (that’s right)
Oh yeah, that’s right (that’s right)
[Drums crash in — guitars erupt]
Yeah it rolls… rolls on (rolls on)
rolls on baby (rolls on)
Come on baby… rolls on
[Chorus]
Oh, time rolls on like a pair of dice
Cold as steel, sharp as ice
It don’t wait, it don’t stall
It just runs through us all
Yeah it rolls… rolls on (rolls on)
rolls on baby (rolls on)
Come on baby… rolls on
Yeah it rolls… rolls on (rolls on)
rolls on baby (rolls on)
Come on baby… rolls on
[Verse 3]
Pay phone dead in the rain
No one knows a real name
Cash in hand felt so right (so right)
Now it’s gone in one quick swipe
We got more but we feel less
More speed, more stress
Oh baby…
[Drums crash in — guitars erupt]
Yeah it rolls… rolls on (rolls on)
rolls on baby (rolls on)
Come on baby… rolls on
[Verse 4]
Old band played too loud (too loud)
Sweat and smoke in the crowd
Now it’s sound in a small white bud
Clean and neat, no dirt, no mud
We used to feel that bass in our chest
Now it’s just like the rest
Oh yeah…
Yeah it rolls… rolls on (rolls on)
rolls on baby (rolls on)
Come on baby… rolls on
Yeah it rolls… rolls on (rolls on)
rolls on baby (rolls on)
Come on baby… rolls on
[Bridge]
Big cars, small rooms
Short days, fast news
All shout, no ear (all shout)
So much talk, no one here
Clock on the wall don’t lie ( don’t lie)
Ticks till the day we die
Come on…
[Drums crash in — guitars erupt]
Yeah it rolls… rolls on (rolls on)
rolls on baby (rolls on)
Come on baby… rolls on
[Chorus – Extended]
Oh, time rolls on like a pair of dice
Won’t cut you slack, won’t play nice
It don’t stop when you fall behind
Leaves old days in your mind
Yeah it rolls… rolls on (rolls on)
rolls on baby (rolls on)
Come on baby… rolls on
Yeah it rolls… rolls on (rolls on)
rolls on baby (rolls on)
Come on baby… rolls on
Yeah it rolls… rolls on (rolls on)
rolls on baby (rolls on)
Come on baby… rolls on
[Outro]
Roll on time…
Come on baby
Yeah… roll on
Alright now… roll.
