"Song of the Wheels" genre: Folk
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	In the style of an American folk-tune, this song tells the tale of someone who has become disposessed, choosing the life of a vagabond.
	CD: Sunday Skies   Label: Elysian Field Records Credits: Produced by Marnie and David Boyd
	Story Behind the Song The lyrics are inspired by the words of an anonymous poet who rode the boxcars during the American Depression. Lyrics This is the song of the wheels, Do you know how the vagabond feels? Life's only a series of dirty deals, This is the song of the wheels. The sun on my back and the wind in my clothes, I sleep 'neath the heaven's dark sea, Heigh-ho, heigh-ho, There's no other life bound for me. Fleeting is friendship, Family long gone, Loving - it wounds the heart so, Heigh-ho, heigh-ho, My back turned I take to the road. The drifter seems holy, The noblest being, A witness who has sworn to stay free, Heigh-ho, heigh-ho, This is the song we all sing: This is the song of the wheels, Do you know how the vagabond feels? Life's only a series of dirty deals, This is the song of the wheels From miles to minutes, The space of my years, The road is my life's only file, Heigh-ho, heigh-ho, I'm still just my sweet mother's child. When providence weakens, The nights become long, And loneliness aches in my bones, Heigh-ho, heigh, ho I weep for the lost dream of home. This is the song of the wheels, Do you know how the vagabond feels? Life's only a series of dirty deals, This is the song of the wheels.

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