Made up my mind to go someplace so far away I headed west Without a sad good-bye, no hugs and tears that way It’s probably for the best Sent cards along the way, said I was lookin‘ for a brand new life 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 Chorus: He knows me, my brother wind He’s lonely too, and he takes me away I always looked ahead, I was so afraid that I’d be caught behind Followed a crooked stream to places never seen And one more highway sign Just like some other guys, I count the hours till 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 Chorus: ... Now half my life is gone, the only home I have is open road My skin is cracked and brown, mirror of the desert ground And the dusty wind that blows I never made a mark, just scattered footsteps on the shifting sand Whatever pushes me, it’s somethig only he could ever understand Chorus: ...