Wagon Wheel

Headed 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

So, rock me, mama, like a wagon wheel

Rock me, mama, anyway 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-town string band

My baby plays the guitar, I pick a banjo now

Oh, the north county winters keep a gettin' me now

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

But I ain't a-turnin' back, livin' that old life no more

So, rock me, mama, like a wagon wheel

Rock me, mama, anyway 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' due south, outta Roanoke

I caught a trucker outta 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 before the sun

I hear my baby callin' my name and I know that she'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, anyway 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