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