The Wayward Wind Stan Lebowsky / Herb Newman 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.