Wagon Wheel

I was headed down south to the land of the pines And I'm thumbin' my way into North Caroline Starin' up the road Pray to God I see headlights Well, 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 any way you feel Hey Mama rock me Well, rock me mama like the wind and the rain Rock me mama like a south-bound train Hey Mama rock me I was runnin' from the cold up in New England I was born to be a fiddler in an old-time stringband My baby plays the guitar I pick a banjo now Oh no, 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 any way you feel Hey Mama rock me Well, 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 before 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, yeah So rock me mama like a wagon wheel Rock me mama any way you feel Hey Mama rock me Well, rock me mama like the wind and the rain Rock me mama like a south-bound train Hey Mama rock me