Old Crow Medicine Show - Wagon Wheel lyrics

Headed down south to the land of the pines I'm thumbin' my way into North Carolin' 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 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 a banjo now Oh, the North country winters keep a gettin' me An' 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 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 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 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