(Chorus) Oh, the wayward wind Is a restless wind, a restless wind That yearns to wander And I was born the next of kin The next of kin to the wayward wind In a lonely shack by a railroad track I spent my younger days And I guess the sound of the outward-bound Made me a slave to my wandering ways Oh, I met a girl in a border town I vowed we'd never part Though I tried my best to settle down She's now alone with a broken heart