Wagon Wheel

[Verse 1]

Headin' down south to the land of the pines

I'm thumbin' my way into North Caroline

Starin' up the road

And pray to God I see headlights

I made it down the coast in seventeen hours

Pickin' me a bouquet of dogwood flowers

And I'm a-hopin' 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 southbound train

Hey... mama rock me

[Verse 2]

Runnin' 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 the banjo now

Oh, north country winters keep a-gettin' me down

Lost my money playin' poker

So I had to leave town

I ain't turnin' back

To livin' that old life no morе

[Chorus]

So, rock me mama like a wagon wheel

Rock me mama any way you feel

Hеy... mama rock me

Rock me mama like the wind and the rain

Rock me mama like a southbound train

Hey... mama rock me

[Verse 3]

Walkin' to the south out of Roanoke

I caught a trucker out of Philly

Had a nice long toke

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

To Johnson City, Tennessee

And I gotta get a move on before the sun

I hear my baby callin' my name

And I know that she's the only one

And if I died 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

Rock me mama like the wind and the rain

Rock me mama like a southbound train

Hey... mama rock me

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