Hey mama rock me
Headed down south to the land of the pine, thumbin' my way into North Caroline
Staring up the road and prayin' 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
Running from the cold up in New England
I was born to be a cruisin' in this tropical island
My baby plays a keyboard, I pick this ukulele now
North country winters keep a getting me down
Lost my money playin' poker so I had to leave town
I ain't 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' due south out of Roanoke, caught a trucker out of Philly had a nice long toke
But he's a headin' west from the Cumberland gap, Johnson City, Tennessee
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
If I die in Raleigh, I know 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
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