In a lonely shack by a railroad track
He spent his younger days
But I guess the sound of the outward bound
Made him a slave to his wand'ring ways
Oh 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
We vowed we'd never part
Tho' he tried his best to settle down
now I'm alone with a broken heart
though 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
He spent his younger days
But I guess the sound of the outward bound
Made him a slave to his wand'ring ways
Oh 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
We vowed we'd never part
Tho' he tried his best to settle down
now I'm alone with a broken heart
though 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