Wagon Wheel

(Lou A. Reed)



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 ooh
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 do 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 ooh
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


This song is rumoured to have been written by David Bowie, but Lou Reed is legally listed as the songwriter/composer.

Appears on 'Transformer by Lou Reed. Released on 8th December 1972, (RCA 4807) recorded at Trident Studios in Soho, London. Produced by David and Mick Ronson, who also supply backing vocals. Ronson also features on lead guitar, piano and recorder.