Remember the Little People

[Intro]
Is it better standing up, isn't it?
It's really hard to sing this, you know?
(Well, it's a hard song, John)
Maybe I should strum it first

[Verse 1]
The patterns we make
Recreating mistakes
Sometimes it's hard to know
When it's time to go
Something's engraved deep in your pains
History has got a good hold on me
History has got a damn good hold on me

[Bridge]
The sunrise has come

[Verse 2]
Headin' down south to the land of the pines
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

[Chorus]
So, rock me Mama like a wagon wheel
Rock me mama any way you feel
Hey, Mama rock me
Oh, rock me Mama like the wind and the rain
Rock me Mama, like a southbound train
Hey, Mama rock me

[Verse 3]
Runnin' from the cold up in New England
I was born to be a fiddler in an old time string band
My baby plays a guitar, I pick a banjo now
Oh, north country winters keep a-gettin' me down
Lost my money playin' poker, so I had to leave town
But I ain't a-turnin' back to livin' that old life no more

[Chorus]
So, rock me Mama like a wagon wheel
Rock me mama any way you feel
Hey, Mama rock me
Oh, rock me Mama like the wind and the rain
Rock me Mama, like a southbound train
Hey, Mama rock me

[Verse 4]
Walkin' to the south out of Roanoke
I caught a trucker out of Philly, had a nice long toke
But he's a-headin' 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

[Chorus]
So, rock me Mama like a wagon wheel
Rock me mama any way you feel
Hey, Mama rock me
Oh, rock me Mama like the wind and the rain
Rock me Mama, like a southbound train
Hey, Mama rock me
So, rock me Mama, like a wagon wheel
Rock me Mama, any way you feel (oh, I wanna 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