wagon wheel

Lyrics

headed down south to the land of the pines, i'm thumbin' my way into north caroline, starin' up the road, pray to god i see headlights, oh, 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 south-bound train, hey mama rock me, runnin' from 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, the north country 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, to 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 south-bound 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 fit for 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 south-bound train, hey mama rock me