Wagon Wheel

[Verse 1] Heading down south to the land of the pines I'm thumbing my way into North Caroline Staring up the road and pray to God I see headlights I made it down the coast in seventeen hours Picking me a bouquet of dogwood flowers And I'm a-hoping for Raleigh, I can see my baby tonight [Chorus] 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 [Verse 2] Running from the cold up in New England I was born to be a fiddler in an old time string band My baby plays a guitar, I pick a banjo now Oh, north country winters keep a-getting me down Lost my money playing poker so I had to leave town But I ain't turning back to living that old life no more [Chorus] 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 [Verse 3] Walking to the south out of Roanoke I 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 got to get a move on before 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 [Chorus] 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 hey mama rock me So rock me mama like a wagon wheel Rock me mama any way you feel Hey hey mama rock me Mama rock me Mama rock me Rock me mama like the wind and the rain Rock me mama like a south bound train Hey hey mama rock me You can rock me Rock me