Wagon Wheel

Headin' down south to the land of the pines
I'm thumbin' my way out to North Caroline
Starin' up the road, and I pray to God I see headlights
I made it down the coast in 17 hours
Pickin' me a bouquet of dogwood flowers
And I'm hopin' for Raleigh, I can see my baby tonight

So, rock me, mama, like a wagon wheel
Rock me, mama, any way you feel
Hey, mama, rock me
Rock me, mama, like the wind and the rain
Rock me, mama, like a south-bound train
Hey, mama, rock me

Runnin' through the cold up in New England
I was born to be a fiddler in an old-time string band
My baby plays the guitar, I pick a banjo now
Oh, North country winters keep on gettin' me down
Lost my money playin' poker, so I had to up and leave town
But I ain't a-turnin' back, to livin' that old life no more

So rock me, mama, like a wagon wheel
Rock me, mama, any way you feel
Hey, mama, rock me
Rock me, mama, like the wind and the rain
Rock me, mama, like a south-bound train
Hey, mama, rock me

Walkin' through the south out of Roanoke
I caught a trucker out of Philly, had a nice long talk
But he's a-headin' west from the Cumberland Gap
To Johnson City, Tennessee
I gotta get a move on before the sun
I hear my baby callin' my name
And I know that he's the only one and if I die in Raleigh
At least, I will die free

So rock me, mama, like a wagon wheel
Rock me, mama, any way you feel
Hey, mama, rock me
Oh, rock me, mama, like the wind and the rain
Rock me, mama, like a south-bound train
Hey, mama, rock me

Oh, so rock me, mama, like a wagon wheel
Rock me, mama (oh, I wanna feel), any way you feel
Hey, mama, rock me (mama, rock me, mama, rock me)
Rock me, mama, like the wind and the rain
(I wanna rock) rock me, mama, like a south-bound train
Hey, mama, rock me (you better rock me)
Rock me