Misc Originals – David Warmke - Wheel With Trumpets (Guitar)

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If I took a rollin' wheelAnd rolled it ten times round

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Would it travel far from here   Or would it just go round

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Round and Round

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As a young boy I helped the old man Workin' in the fields

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And everyday, we hauled the hay, To the rollin' of the wheels

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'Til one day the tractor laid The old man down to the ground

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The tractor pitched him into a ditch and Left a dusty sound

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Of the wheel that kept spinnin' round  The wheel that kept spinnin' round

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Rollin' wheel, rollin' on       Takin' us all on our way

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Rollin' wheel, rollin' on       Takin back all that they gave

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Takin' us all on our way        Takin' back all that they save

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I never knew my father well     The war called him too soon

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Said he was an officer         saw pictures in my room

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The letter said he was reported dead  Near the front lines he'd been found

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A mine blew his jeep into a twisted heap And he lay there still for the  sound

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Of the wheel that kept spinnin' round.

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Rollin' wheel, rollin' on       Takin' us all on our way

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Rollin' wheel, rollin' on       Takin back all that they gave

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Takin' us all on our way        Takin' back all that they save

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My brother chased a dream of wheels     His whole life geared for the race

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As soon as he could, he drove off for good      His whole life was short, quick,and straight

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He only lived to spin those wheels      And make that move over ground

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'Til the steering failed and he crashed the rail        And he laid there still for the sounds

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Of the wheel that kept spinning round.

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Rollin' wheel, rollin' on       Takin' us all on our way

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Rollin' wheel, rollin' on       Takin back all that they gave

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Takin' us all on our way        Takin' back all that they save

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As for me, my life goes on      The wheel has carried me far

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Around this world 100 times     By bus, truck, train, bike I   or car (???)

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Unlike  the rest I roll my best On a country road far from town

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It's there by the wheel just as sure as I feel  That there won't be but one sound

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That's the trumpets that keep playing loud  Yeah the trumpets that keep Playing loud

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Rollin' wheel, rollin' on       Takin' us all on our way

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Rollin' wheel,  rollin' on      Takin   back all that they gave

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Takin' us all on our way        Takin' back all that they save

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The rollin' wheels, yeah rollin' on Takin' back all that they gave

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Takin' us all on our way