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The Wayward Wind

by Cole Porter

on Capitol Records From The Vaults: "The Best Of '56" (2000)

[Chorus]
Oh, 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

[Verse 1]
In a lonely shack by a rail-road track
He spent his younger days
And I guess the sound of the outward bound
Made me a slave to his wandering ways

[Chorus]

[Verse 2]
Oh, I met him there in a border town
He vowed we'd never part
Though he tried his best to settle down
Now I'm alone with a broken heart

[Chorus]

[Outro]
The next of kin to the wayward wind
The wayward wind, the wayward wind