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Many American roots artists, such as The Byrds, Tom Rush, The Black Crowes and the Canadian band Cowboy Junkies perform a song called "Lost My Driving Wheel", with the lyrics "I feel like some old engine/ That's lost my driving wheel" and can't go any further. Many versions of the American folk song "In the Pines" by the southern American blues artist Leadbelly and performed by artists such as Nirvana version on MTV Unplugged In New York) reference a decapitated man's head found in a driving wheel.
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