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 wandering 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