I was headed down south to the

Land of the plane

Thumbing my way into north carolina

Staring up the road

And pray to god I see headlights

I made it down the coast in seventeen hours

Picking me a bouquet of dogwood flowers

And I'm a hoping 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 southbound train

Hey mama rock me

I was running from the cold

Up in new england

I was born to be a fill

In an old time string band

My baby plays the guitar

I pick a banjo now

Oh but these north country

Winners are getting me down

Lost my money playing poker

So I had to up and leave

But I ain't a turning back

To living 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 southbound train

Hey mama rock me

Now walking south had won't know

I caught a trucker out of philly

Had a nice long too

He's heading west from

The cumberland gap

To johnson city tennessee

And I gotta get a move on before the sun

I hear my baby calling my name

And I know she's the only one

If I die in raleigh

At least I will die free

Hey 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 southbound train

Hey mama rock me