Wagon Wheel
Lyrics Old Crow Medicine Show

Headed down south to the land of the Pine
I'm thumbin' 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
Pickin' me a bouquet of dogwood flowers
And I'm 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
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 the banjo now
Oh north country winters keep-a gettin' me low
An' I lost my money playin' poker so I had to up and leave
But I ain't turning back to live that old life no more

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

Walkin' to the south out of Roanoake
I caught a trucker out of Philly, had a nice long toke
But he's a-headed west from the Cumberland Gap Johnson City Tennessee
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

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