Ketch Secor - Wagon Wheel lyrics

[Verse 1] 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 [Chorus] 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 Ah, the north country winters keep a-gettin' me And I 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 [Chorus] 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 [Verse 3] Walkin' due 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 [Chorus] 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