Wagon Wheel

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
 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
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 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, 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
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 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 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