Wagon Wheel

Headed down south to the land of the pines
Thumbing my way into North Caroline
Staring up the road and I pray
To God I see headlights

Well we made it down the coast in seventeen hours
Picking me a bouquet of dogwood flowers
And I'm a hoping for my Raleigh
I can see my lady tonight no no no

So come on rock me momma like a wagon wheel
Rock me momma any way you feel
Hey, come on momma rock me no no no
So come on rock me momma like the wind and the rain
Rock me momma like a southbound train
Hey now, come on momma rock me no no no

Well I'm a running from the cold up in New England
I was born to be a fiddler in an old-time string band
My baby plays the guitar, and I strum the banjo now

Well the north country winters keep a getting me now
Lost my money playing poker so I had to up and leave
But I ain't going back
To living that old life no more no no no

So come on rock me momma like a wagon wheel
Rock me momma any way you feel
Hey now, come on momma rock me no no no
So come on rock me momma like the wind and the rain
Rock me momma like a south bound train
Hey now, come on momma rock me

Headed to the south
Out of Roanoke
Caught a trucker out of Philly
Had a nice long toke
But he's a heading west
From the Cumberland gap
To Johnson City, Tennessee

And I gotta get a move on fit for the sun
I hear my baby calling my name and I know that she's the only one
And if I die in Raleigh
At least I will die free now no no no

So come on rock me momma like a wagon wheel
Rock me momma any way you feel
Hey now, come on momma rock me no no no
So come on rock me momma like the wind and the rain
Rock me momma like a south bound train
Hey now, come on momma rock me