Wagon Wheel

Headed down south to the land of the pines

I'm thumbin' my way outta North Caroline

Starin' up the road and pray to God

That I see headlights

Made it down the coast in seventeen hours

Pickin' me a bouquet of dogwood flowers

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 southbound train

Hey, mama rock me

Runnin' from the cold up in New England

I was born to be a fiddler in an old-time stringband

My baby picks the guitar, I play the banjo now

Oh, the north country winters keep a-gettin' to me

I lost my money playin' poker so I had to up and leave

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 southbound train

Hey, mama rock me

Walkin' to the south out of Roanoke

I caught a trucker out of Philly, had a nice long toke

But he's a-headed west from the Cumberland Gap

To Johnson City, Tennessee

And I gotta get a move on, I'm bent by the sun

I hear my baby callin' my name

I know that she's the only one

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

Rock me mama like the wind and the rain

Rock me mama like a southbound train

Hey, mama rock me

I said, "Hey, mama rock me"

I said, "Hey, mama rock me"