Tim O'Brien & Darrell Scott Brother Wind lyrics

Made up my mind to go
Some place so far away I headed west
Without a sad goodbye, no hugs or tears that way
Probably for the best
Sent cards along the way
Said I was lookin' for a brand new life
But 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

He knows me, my brother wind
He's lonely too, and he takes me away

I always looked ahead
I was so afraid I'd be caught behind
Followed a crooked stream to places I have never been
And one more highway sign
I'm like some other guys
I might count the hours til 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

He knows me, my brother wind
He's lonely too, and he takes me away

Now half my life is gone
The only home I ever had is open road
My skin's all cracked and brown, a mirror to the dessert ground
And the dusty wind that always blows
I never made a mark
I just scattered footsteps on these shifting sands
Whatever pushes me, it's something only he
Could ever understand

He knows me, my brother wind
He's lonely too, and he takes me away

He knows me, my brother wind
He's lonely too, and he takes me away