wagon wheel old crow medicine show cover

Against Me!

Headed down south to the land of the pines
And 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

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

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 fit for 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