[Intro]
(Instrumental Solo)
[Verse 1]
Cooler in the stang, brace cinched tight on my knee
Been chunkin plastic circles since ninety three
Young bucks grin when I limp up slow
Til that beat up roller steals the whole damn show
Don’t throw no flex shots up into the sky
Keep it low and dirty, let the grass decide
While they’re huntin brush where their drivers sank
Mine’s hummin down the fairway like a goddam tank
[Verse 2]
Met a kid named Tyler backpack stacked with hype
Carbon retriever, putter he called Light
Said sir rollers died out years ago
I said son just watch this old man work the road
Brand new plastic, bluetooth on his hip
Tour series driver, throw like an evangelist
Wound up hard, let out a mighty cry
Smacked the first tree and watched that disc die
[Verse 3]
I laid a beat up Photon down the hill
Kissed one root, turned with perfect will
Rolled right past the basket parked three feet clean
Tyler just blinked said teach that shot to me
League night thursday out the county park
Mosquitoes hummin when it gets dark
Larry blew his shoulder windin up hard
I rolled one quiet by the wildflower yard
[Verse 4]
Big Mike grip locked into the creek
Jenny clanged the chains on a lucky sneak
Hole seven wind blowin mean and thick
My roller cut through like a fairway stick
There’s wisdom in the wobble, dust on the rim
Knowin every bad kick, every wind that’s comin
Young arms are dead by hole fifteen
Us old rollers? We just get clean
[Chorus]
I’m the roller king at sixty three
Still hummin through the oak and pine
Lucky hat faded, back half broken
But these old discs still roll just fine
Everybody’s throwin high and pretty
I’m down low, smooth and gritty
When that disc stands up and starts to sing
Whole card yells DANG HE STILL GOT SWING
[Verse 5]
Might need glasses just to read the tee sign
But I know every root on that back nine
They call it luck, between you and me
It’s thirty years of rollin geometry
Grandkids tag along carry minis in their hand
Think their grandpa’s famous all across the land
Ain’t got no sponsor, and i ain’t rich
But I still carve magic with that sideways pitch
[Bridge]
Knees start barkin, back gets tight
That disc keeps dancin into sunset light
Ain’t never won no big trophy plate
But every old timer here knows my name
They can throw all the distance they can bring
Nobody rolls like the roller king
[Interlude]
(Instrumental Solo)
[Chorus]
I’m the roller king at sixty three
Still hummin through the oak and pine
Lucky hat faded, back half broken
But these old discs still roll just fine
Everybody’s throwin high and pretty
I’m down low, smooth and gritty
When that disc stands up and starts to sing
Whole card yells DAMN THAT’S THE ROLLER KING
[Verse 6]
Someday they’ll scatter my ashes out by hole nine
By the crooked cedar and the old park sign
If the wind blows right on a warm july eve
You might see a ghost roller curlin through the leaves
Some kid’ll ask who carved that crazy line
Somebody’ll grin said an old man in his prime
They’ll laugh loud while the chains go ching
For the legend of the roller king
[Outro]
Roll on, roll on
Down that fairway line
Roll on, roll on
Still feelin fine
Roll on, roll on
Let the young arms swing
I’ll be low and gone
Like the roller king
Might move slow
But I still got soul
When the disc hits dirt
Everybody knows
The legend of the roller king
The Roller King