Made up my mind to go Some place so far away I headed west Without a sad goodbye, no hugs or tears that way Probably for the best Sent cards along the way Said I was lookin’ for a brand new life But I never settled down, my wanderlust would always Cut the ties like a knife Sometimes the lonesome wind It calls out just like it knows me And on a night like this, when I don’t know where to go It shows me the way He knows me, my brother wind He’s lonely too, and he takes me away I always looked ahead I was so afraid I’d be caught behind Followed a crooked stream to places I have never been And one more highway sign I’m like some other guys
I might count the hours til the day will end But it’s not so I can rest, for me it’s the time that’s best For talkin to my friend He knows me, my brother wind He’s lonely too, and he takes me away Now half my life is gone e only home I ever had is open road My skin’s all cracked and brown, a mirror to the dessert ground And the dusty wind that always blows I never made a mark I just scattered footsteps on these shifting sands Whatever pushes me, it’s something only he Could ever understand He knows me, my brother wind He’s lonely too, and he takes me away He knows me, my brother wind He’s lonely too, and he takes me away