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 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 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