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
 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!