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!