Planted a seed of an apple one day Now I got a fig leaf to cover my head Ain’t that a way to make a wheel go boy Ain't that a way to make a wheel Man of truth on a slab of stone Words still left, but the eyesight's gone Ain't that a way to make a wheel go boy Ain't that a way to make a wheel Fed a whole tribe with fish and bread Saw him a-comin', and left me for dead Ain't that a way to make a wheel go boy Ain't that a way to make a wheel Had a good ship on the Aegean Sea But it sunk in the ocean, but it sure wasn't free Ain't that a way to make a wheel go boy Ain't that a way to make a wheel Took a lot of work to build a row of his own But the men who built it didn't have no home Ain't that a way to make a wheel go boy Ain't that a way to make a wheel Spread the word 'til you have a crusade Steppin' on a grave, 'til you find out where it's paid Ain't that a way to make a wheel go boy Ain't that a way to make a wheel Had a revolution gonna set us all free Well it worked for you, but hasn't for me Ain't that a way to make a wheel go boy Ain't that a way to make a wheel Had to fly into Chicago Damn if the mother-lover power would grow Ain't that a way to make a wheel go boy Ain't that a way to make a wheel Bought a little island for twenty-four bucks It's worth its weight, now in garbage trucks Ain't that a way to make a wheel go boy Ain't that a way to make a wheel Man of the mushrooms forty-five Ah ... Ah ... nobody's alive Ain't that a way to make a wheel go boy Ain't that a way to make a wheel