A restless wind that yearns to wander
 And he was born the next of kin
 The next of kin to the wayward wind

 In a lonely shack by a railroad track
 He spent his younger days
 And I guess the sound of the outward-bound
 Made him a slave to his wand'rin ways

 And the wayward wind is a restless wind
 A restless wind that yearns to wander
 And he was born the next of kin
 The next of kin to the wayward wind

 

 Oh I met him there in a border town
 He vowed we'd never part
 Though he tried his best to settle down
 I'm now alone with a broken heart

 And the wayward wind is a restless wind
 A restless wind that yearns to wander
 And he was born the next of kin
 The next of kin to the wayward wind

 The next of kin to the wayward wind