(Chorus)   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 wandering ways      Oh, I met a girl in a border town   I vowed we'd never part   Though I tried my best to settle down   She's now alone with a broken heart