Lyrics to
Wagon Wheel

This version of Wagon Wheel was released by Lou Reed in 1972.

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Won’t you be my wagon wheel
Won’t you tell me, baby, how do you feel

Yeah, you got to live, yeah, your life
as though you’re number one
Yeah, you got to live, yeah, your life
and make a point of having some fun

But if you think
that you get kicks from flirting with danger
Danger, ooohhh
just kick her in head and rearrange her

Oh, heavenly father, what can I do
what she’s done to me is making me crazy
Oh, heavenly father, I know I have sinned
but look where I’ve been, it’s making me lazy

Won’t you be my wagon wheel
Won’t you tell me, baby, how does you feel

You got to live, yeah, your life
as though you’re number one
Yeah, you got to live, yeah, your life
and make a point of having some fun

But if you think
that you get kicks from flirting with danger
Danger, ooohhh
just kick her in head and rearrange her

And then why don’t you wake me, shake me
please don’t you let me sleep too long
Why don’t you wake me, shake me
please don’t you let me sleep too long
Don’t wanna miss it now, wake me, shake me, baby
please don’t you let me sleep too long
I wanna know why don’t you wake me, shake me
please don’t you let me sleep too long
Why don’t you wake me, shake me
please don’t you let me sleep too long
Why, why don’t you wake me, shake me
please don’t you let me sleep too long
Why don’t you wake me, shake me
please don’t you let me sleep too long
Why, why don’t you wake me, shake me
please don’t you let me sleep too long

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About Lyrics and Wagon Wheel by Lou Reed

The lyrics for Wagon Wheel are made up of the words, verses and background chorus for the popular 1972 song by Lou Reed. Like a lot of songs, the lyrics to Wagon Wheel have both direct meanings and metaphorical context hidden within the song's words. All of the meanings are only truly known by the creators of the lyrics for Wagon Wheel - Lou Reed and any of the writers who worked with them on the song.

If you have an interest in the structure of words and phrases, you can dissect the lyrics to Wagon Wheel by Lou Reed in multiple ways. The word "lyric" itself derives from the Latin word lyricus, with the actual English word lyrics applied to the definition "words set to music" listed in Stainer and Barrett's 1876 Dictionary of Musical Terms. Continuing the chain, the Latin word lyricus derives from the Greek word λυρικός or lyrikós. This somewhat means "poetry accompanied by the lyre" or "words set to music." You can easily see that by looking at the background of the word lyric, that the "lyrics to Wagon Wheel" means the words set to the music of Wagon Wheel, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Lou Reed. The singular form "lyric" is still used to mean the complete words to a song. However, the singular form lyric is also commonly used to refer to a specific line (or phrase) within a song's lyrics. Hence, by this analysis of word structure, you could say that the lyric to Wagon Wheel and the lyrics to Wagon Wheel are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Lou Reed who came here looking just for the lyrics to Wagon Wheel, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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