I've been in the
east for two long years
and I think I'll head out west
But it might be best to travel north
or south where I like be st
But no matter which direction,
my luck just seems to fail
Cause by the end of the first six months
I'll en d up back in jail
Cause there's four winds a -blowin',
four winds a -blowin',
four winds a -blowin'
I don't know which way to go
Oh, there's four winds blowin'
Four winds a -blowin'
Four winds a -blowin'
I don't know which way to go
Well, I know there's a bad
streak in my soul
I can feel it in my bone
I try to walk the straight and narrow
But it won't leave me alone
Before I even know it I've done,
done something wrong
And I'm headed back
to the federal pen
That's why I wrote this song
Oh, there's four winds a -blowin',
four winds a -blowin',
four winds a -blowin',
I don't know which way to go
But I'll keep on a -hopin'
that I can change my life
And be of use in this old world
of struggle and of strife
Maybe I will en d this time
the battle fought for years
And with God's help
I'll never cause more
sorrow or more tears
Cause there's four winds a -blowin',
four winds a -blowin',
four winds a -blowin',
I don't know which way to go
Oh, there's four winds a -blowin',
four winds a -blowin',
four winds a -blowin',
I don't know which way to go