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      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