Like a straw in the wind
I go whirling around
Like a bird who´s just learnin´ to fly
Feet are not on the ground
Drift from pillar to post

So helplessly
What wanted the most
Winds up a ghostly memory
My man is gone
And when your man is gone
Your world just falls apart
Hmm... nothing you try to do
Helps you to comfort your heart
Don´t yo´ heart get all the bricks
Where your hopes come unpinned
Trouble steps in and make
You feel like a straw in the wind
Like a straw in the wind
Free and easy
That´s my style
I go whirling around
Howdy-do me?
Watch me smile

Like a bird who´s just learned to fly
Fare-the-well me after a while
Feet are not on the ground

So I gotta roam
Drift from pillar to post
Sweetenin´ water
Cherry wine
So helplessly
Thank you kindly suits me fine
What I wanted the most
Winds up a ghostly memory
My man is gone
And when your man is gone
Your world just falls apart
So any place I hang my hat is home
Birds roostin´ in a tree
Pick up and go

And the goin´ proves
That´s how it oughta be
I pick up too
When the spirit moves me
Cross the river, run the bend
Howdy stranger?
So long friend
There is a voice in the lonesome wind
I hear a-whisperin´ roam
I´m goin´ where a welcome mat is
No matter where that is . .
Cause any place I hang my hat is home!