Bob Dylan , Rock Me Mama , Wagon Wheel , with lyrics 1973

[@Mike53431]

Could listen to this all day.

[@stevenslager2323]

Thank you for posting this!!! I’ve loved this song a long time but never understood the verses.

[@CooperViolins]

I'm glad you liked it! This was my old youtube acct, I don't use it anymore. But anyway that was my best attempt at figuring out the words that he was singing. I wish Dylan had made it into a full song and recorded it. That would have been awesome. Old Crow Medicine Show did good with it.

[@TheSnyderWeb]

Thank you so much for this, it made my day and my unborn baby’s day too . ❤

[@CooperViolins]

I'm glad you liked it! :)

[@lmt7816]

Thank you so much! I love how Dylan music always brings people together, effortlessly, even if it's just to decipher lyrics to a song on the cutting room floor. Thanks, OP. After trying for years to decipher these lyrics (without ProTools, etc), I finally found them.

[@talondesforges]

Glad you liked it! :)

[@petesovich1856]

THEEE.... BEST VERSION. Hands down. glass of scotch and this = magic

[@victorbazzone]

Pete Sovich if only there was a studio version

[@justadel2]

Its good, the quality is bad though, unless you heard this back in the day its likely going unloved

[@QuantumCat76]

there is something magical about the Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid soundtrack

[@Earlylogs]

Hers's the way I hear the versus: You don.t know it, but I've changed my life Seems I'm looking at the road tonight I don't care where she's gonna go tonight, rollin' Hey now mama can you say good bye You have that ticket and a wondering why I know its so right, but I don't cry, rollin' Roadside running on the Rio Grand Got my darlin' on a framer's land Its all that something and I understand, rollin' Hey not looking at the road tonight Glare is shining on a bulldog light You know that feeling, but it must be right, rollin'

[@talondesforges]

Probably the best thing about this recording is that it's just barely audible enough that different people can come up with different lyrics. It's like a universal song unique for everyone who hears it. It brings out a person's natural creativity. Thanks for you comments!

[@foxman9851]

Thank you. I am from Germany and without you I would be completely in the dark

[@Guyote_]

@@talondesforges 100%. There's another song I like, by Alt-J, that has mumbled lyrics at the end (Bloodflood - Pt. II). So many people have come to their own conclusion of what those lyrics are, and it means something different to everyone who listens and I love that.

[@therenegadej5764]

Instead of “Hey now mama can you say goodbye.” I heard “Look now Molly since you said goodbye.”

[@東木栗人-l6p]

thank you!! thank you so much!! you're so great!!

[@Enoch369]

Very well done!!

[@milvujel]

Recording for Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid (1973)

[@carthyfilms4664]

I think you're spot on! good work!

[@talondesforges]

Thanks! :)

[@jugginator2.068]

You dont know but I'm doing fine Seems I'm looking at the moon tonight I don't care what shes gonna do tonight, rollin Look now molly since you said goodbye, Here I've thinking, and wonderin' why I know it's alright I'm crying, I know Chorus Moonshine running on the Rio Grande Stars lie dotted on the promise land It's all well talking and understanding, rollin When I'm looking on the road tonight The land is shining on a cold dark night And oh that feeling, I know Chrorus

[@LindaSmith-fr3vc]

Thanks Bob without you there would be no song.

[@tdmcdaris]

I believe line 24 is "Rock me mama any way you could feel

[@tdmcdaris]

or it may be which is probably the more likely is "Rock me mama in the way you should feel"

[@talondesforges]

I listened again and don't here the word 'could' or 'should' in there. There is a slight extra sound after the word 'you' so it could be 'Rock me mama any way you'll feel' or 'Rock me mama any way you'd feel'. These are English contractions you'll recognize if it's your main language. But it doesn't seem likely to me because it adds an extra syllable to the line and throws off the rhythm a little bit. Also I don't hear it in line 46. Probably he would sing it the same way each time since it's part of the chorus. It's open to interpretation since the recording isn't completely clear. This is just my best effort at transcribing it. I could be wrong in places. Especially the first lines 1 through 10

[@TimBarber-wl4py]

[voice saying "I don't know why I don't"] You don't know it but I've been doin fine But you try lookin on the road tonight Yeah I don't care a buck for the road to ride no how Hey my molly since you said goodbye pale and peaked and I'm wonderin why I know it's alright but I don't cry no where Rock me mama through the wind and the rain Rock me mama like a south bound train Hey mama rock me Rock me mama like a wagon wheel Rock me mama any way you feel Hey mama rock me Rock me mama through the wind and the rain Rock me mama like a south bound train Hey mama rock me [voice "aint got it right, do that part again"] Rock me mama through the wind and the rain Rock me mama like a south bound train Hey mama rock me Rock me mama like a wagon wheel Rock me mama any way you feel Hey mama rock me Rock me mama like a wind and the rain Rock me mama like a south bound train Hey mama rock me Rock me mama like a wagon wheel Rock me mama any way you feel Hey mama rock me Go child runnin on the Rio Grande Stars lie dotted on the promised land Quit all that talkin' and you'll understand rollin When I look out on the road tonight The world is shinning on a moon arc light I know that feelin but it must be right I'm rollin Rock me mama like a wind and the rain Rock me mama like a south bound train Hey mama rock me Rock me mama like a wagon wheel Rock me mama any way you feel Hey mama rock me [voice -can't understand what it says]

[@jpweiss55091]

Awesome! Thanks for posting this. Where did you find it?

[@christinepalmer596]

That's Dylan alright, it's his song, pretty good eh?

[@talondesforges]

yep, pretty good. I wish he had finished it.

[@jpweiss55091]

Dylan should have finished this and recorded it with The Band. Would have been huge!

[@alteredstates927]

I personally think OCMS did the best cover but it's weird that any covers since (Darius Rucker, Against Me) emulate the OCMS which changed lyrics, made adjustments and added instruments.

[@CooperViolins]

I agree Old Crow is best, Darius is just a copy, Originals are always best!

[@wesbryan4590]

To be clear, Wagon Wheel was written by OCMS. What you’re hearing is a Dylan demo from which the chorus was lifted from.

[@knockedoutloaded279]

Bob shud have finished this and the Hearts of Fire one,,,

[@talondesforges]

wow a thumbs down?

[@pocono49murphy96]

That bastard..

[@robertarnsworth2464]

thank goodness Darius cleaned that mess up

[@blackbird6129]

Nah bro, crow medicine show finished the song, Ketch (the singer) actually got credit along with Dylan for it if I recall correctly. But I do like this version a lot, wish dylan would have finished it. Darius did have a great cover though.

[@lillynietz17]

@@blackbird6129 Yeah, BBird it was Old Crow not Darius "the poacher" who took the sketch to it's next incarnation...Dylan found out about Crows version & was willing to share copyrights & uhhhhh profits....because of it's ascent in popularity, years later Bob 'generously' gave them a bunch of OLDE Lyrics to kick around.....an album was made....but.......

[@justadel2]

Nah man

[@ThisisntPacoima.]

Even this poor quality demo is way better than any other version of the song. If Dylan finished it, it would've been phenomenal. OCMC changed the lyrics and made it into just another hacky shit country song which Darius then covered.

[@zebsouth7734]

OP is a fool