Oh, the wayward wind is a restless windA restless wind that yearns to wanderAnd he was born the next of kinThe next of kin to the wayward windIn a lonely shack by a railroad trackHe spent his younger daysAnd I guess the sound of the outward boundMade him a slave to his wand'rin' waysOh, the wayward wind is a restless windA restless wind that yearns to wanderAnd he was born the next of kinThe next of kin to the wayward windOh, I met him there in a border townHe vowed we'd never partTho' he tried his best to settle downNow I'm alone with a broken heartOh, the wayward wind is a restless windA restless wind that yearns to wanderAnd he was born the next of kinThe next of kin to the wayward windThe next of kin to the wayward wind...