Roll me along, roll me along   If it don't kill me, it'll make me stronger   Roll me along, roll me along   If it don't kill me, it'll make me stronger   If it don't make me stronger, then lay me down to sleep      I headed straight for the heart of the gold coast   And landed right in the heart of the city night   One more kid from a sleepy town   I just about got it right      I was wrapped in the arms of sickness   With my fever running through my head   Way too young to be worried yet   But old enough to pay my debts   You know, I'm old enough to pay my debts      Roll me along, roll me along   If it don't kill me, it'll make me stronger   Roll me along, roll me along   If it don't kill me, it'll make me stronger      I was pulled out of the cold, cold ground   And they slapped me so that I could breathe   And I know the good Lord gave me eyes   Surely so the blind could see      By the light of a dimming bulb   The pages of the book of lies   Deep in the heartland one cold night   The epidemic started nationwide      We were dropping like flies well before our time   A yellow ribbon inquisition on a cocaine high   And it seems like we finally got it right      Wont you take me back in time to the good old days   When the sun revolved around the Earth?      Pops from a box in the cold, cold ground but he didn't see his shadow   Woe is me, oh, no   Just two thousand more years to go   Just two thousand more years to go   Just two thousand more years to go      Roll me along, roll me along   If it don't kill me, it'll make me stronger   Roll me along, roll me along   If it don't kill me, it'll make me stronger   If it don't make me stronger, then lay me down to sleep