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

And the wayward wind is a restless wind

A restless wind that yearns to wonder

And I was born the next of kin

The next of kin to the wayward wind

Oh I met a girl in a border town

I vowed we never would part

Though I tried my 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 wonder

And I was born the next of kin

The next of kin to the wayward wind

I'm the next of kin to the wayward wind