The Wayward Wind Lyrics

Written by Herb Newman and Stan Lebowsky

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 wand'ring ways

And 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

Oh I met him a border town
I vowed we'd never part
Tho' I tried my best to settle down
he's now alone with a broken heart

And 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
The next of kin to the wayward wind

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In my dreams I’m back in that border town
In the arms of the man I loved
Kids with his dark hair rush to greet me there
But then I wake and they're gone, so I ride along

There are times I thought I’d found a love
That’d made me settle down
But the trail’d call and I’d leave it all
To ride alone and so far from home