Like A Straw In The Wind

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

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