The Wheel Lyrics - Jerry Jeff Walker

Jerry Jeff Walker 

If I took a rollin' wheel 

And rolled it ten times round 

Would it travel far from here 

Or would it just go round 

Round and Round 

As a young boy I helped the old man 

Workin' in the fields 

And everyday, we hauled the hay 

To the rollin' of the wheels 

'Til one day the tractor laid 

The old man down to the ground 

The tractor pitched him into a ditch and 

Left a dusty sound 

Of the wheel that kept spinnin' round 

The wheel that kept spinnin' round 

CHORUS: 

Rollin' wheel, rollin' on 

Takin' us all on our way 

Rollin' wheel, rollin' on 

Takin back all that they gave 

Takin' us all on our way 

Takin' back all that they save 

I've never knew my father well 

The war called him too soon 

Said he was an officer 

Saw some pictures in my room 

The letter said he was reported dead 

Near the front lines he'd been found 

A mine blew his jeep into a twisted heep 

And I still hear the sound 

Of the wheel that kept spinnin' round. 

Rollin' wheel, rollin' on 

Takin' us all on our way 

Rollin' wheels, rollin' on 

Takin' us all to the grave 

Takin' back all that they save 

Takin' us all on our way 

My brother chased a dream of wheels 

His whole life geared for the race 

As soon as he could, he drove off for good 

His whole life was short, quick, and straight 

He only lived to spin those wheels 

And make that move over ground 

'Til the steering failed and he crashed the rail 

And he laid there still for the sounds 

Of the wheel that kept spinning round. 

Rollin' wheel, they're rollin' on 

Takin' us all on our way 

The rollin' wheels, rollin' on 

Takin' back all that they gave 

Takin' us all on our way 

Takin' back all that they say 

As for me, my life's too short 

The wheel has carried my far 

Around this world 100 times 

By bus, truck, train, bike , or car (???) 

And just like the rest I roll on to my death 

On a country road far from town 

I stare by the wheel just as sure as I feel 

That there won't be but one sound 

That's the wheel that keeps spinning round 

Yeah the wheel that keeps spinning round 

Rollin wheels, rollin' on 

Takin us all on our way 

The rollin' wheels, rollin' on 

Takin' back all that they say 

Takin us all on our way 

Takin' us all on our way 

The rollin' wheels, yeah rollin' on 

Takin' back all that they gave 

Takin' us all on our way