as i travel down the back roads of this home i love so much every carpenter and cowboy every lame man on a crutch theyre all talking about a feeling or a taste thats in the air theyre all talking about this mighty wind thats blowing everywhere oh a mighty winds a blowin its kickin up the sand its blowin out a message to every woman child and man yes a mighty winds a blowin cross the land and cross the sea its blowin peace and freedom its blowin equality from a lighthouse in bar harbor to a bridge called golden gate from a trawler down in shreveport to the shore of one great lake theres a star on the horizon and its burning like a flare its lighting up this mighty wind thats blowin everywhere oh a mighty winds a blowin its kickin up the sand its blowin out a message to every woman child and man yes a mighty winds a blowin cross the land and cross the sea its blowin peace and freedom its blowin equality when the blind man sees the picture when the deaf man hears the word when the fisherman stops fishing when the hunter spares the herd well still hear the wondrous story of a world where people care the story of this mighty wind that blowin everywhere oh a mighty winds a blowin its kickin up the sand its blowin out a message to every woman child and man yes a mighty winds a blowin cross the land and across the sea its blowin peace and freedom its blowin equality yes its blowin peace and freedom its blowin you and me