Jerry Jeff Walker
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If I took a rollin' wheel
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And rolled it ten times round
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Would it travel far from here
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Or would it just go round
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Round and Round
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As a young boy I helped the old man
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Workin' in the fields
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And everyday, we hauled the hay
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To the rollin' of the wheels
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'Til one day the tractor laid
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The old man down to the ground
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The tractor pitched him into a ditch and
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Left a dusty sound
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Of the wheel that kept spinnin' round
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The wheel that kept spinnin' round
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CHORUS:
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Rollin' wheel, rollin' on
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Takin' us all on our way
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Rollin' wheel, rollin' on
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Takin back all that they gave
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Takin' us all on our way
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Takin' back all that they save
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I've never knew my father well
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The war called him too soon
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Said he was an officer
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Saw some pictures in my room
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The letter said he was reported dead
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Near the front lines he'd been found
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A mine blew his jeep into a twisted heep
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And I still hear the sound
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Of the wheel that kept spinnin' round.
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Rollin' wheel, rollin' on
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Takin' us all on our way
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Rollin' wheels, rollin' on
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Takin' us all to the grave
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Takin' back all that they save
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Takin' us all on our way
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My brother chased a dream of wheels
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His whole life geared for the race
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As soon as he could, he drove off for good
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His whole life was short, quick, and straight
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He only lived to spin those wheels
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And make that move over ground
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'Til the steering failed and he crashed the rail
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And he laid there still for the sounds
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Of the wheel that kept spinning round.
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Rollin' wheel, they're rollin' on
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Takin' us all on our way
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The rollin' wheels, rollin' on
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Takin' back all that they gave
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Takin' us all on our way
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Takin' back all that they say
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As for me, my life's too short
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The wheel has carried my far
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Around this world 100 times
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By bus, truck, train, bike , or car (???)
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And just like the rest I roll on to my death
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On a country road far from town
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I stare by the wheel just as sure as I feel
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That there won't be but one sound
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That's the wheel that keeps spinning round
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Yeah the wheel that keeps spinning round
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Rollin wheels, rollin' on
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Takin us all on our way
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The rollin' wheels, rollin' on
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Takin' back all that they say
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Takin us all on our way
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Takin' us all on our way
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The rollin' wheels, yeah rollin' on
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Takin' back all that they gave
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Takin' us all on our way
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The Wheel
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| Jerry Jeff Walker |
