[Chorus]

Well, my heart knows what the wild wind knows

And I must go where the wild wind blows

Wild wind, brother wind, which is best:

A wanderin' fool or a heart at rest?

[Verse]

Tonight I heard the wild wind cry

Blowin' north in the desert sky

Tried to sleep why even try

Tonight I heard the wild wind cry

[Chorus]

Well, my heart knows what the wild wind knows

And I must go where the wild wind blows

Wild wind, brother wind, which is best:

A wanderin' fool or a heart at rest?

[Verse]

A woman was kind and true to me

Well, she thinks she loves me, the more fool she

She's got a love that ain't no sin

But she can't love the brother of the wild wind

[Chorus]

Well, my heart knows what the wild wind knows

And I must go where the wild wind blows

Wild wind, brother wind, which is best:

A wanderin' fool or a heart at rest?

[Verse]

The cabin is warm and the snow is deep

And I've got a woman who lies asleep

She'll wake up at tomorrow's dawn

And find soon enough that her man is gone

[Chorus]

Well, my heart knows what the wild wind knows

And I must go where the wild wind blows

Wild wind, brother wind, which is best:

A wanderin' fool or a heart at rest?

Let me fly, let me fly away

[Verse]

Spring is comin' and the ice will break

And I can't linger for a woman's sake

She'll see a shadow pass overhead

And she'll find a ring beside her bed

[Chorus]

Well, my heart knows what the wild wind knows

And I must go where the wild wind blows

Wild wind, brother wind, which is best:

A wanderin' fool or a heart at rest?

Let me fly away