No one can eve

r hold the win

d

             
So don't waste

              
 your time hol

           
ding on to me

            
Just let me lo

              
ve then I'll b

       
e gone again

            
For there's on

              
e thing little

            
 girl you must

 
 see



As long as the winds blow as long as the rivers flow

            
As long as the

              
 train whistle

  
s scream


As long as the wild goose flies as long as the flood tides rise

            
There's just n

              
o way of holdi

   
ng me



Mister this chain gang can never hold

             
A man with suc

              
h a wandering 

         
restless soul

            
Just turn your

              
 back and that

              
's the last ti

          
me you'll see

            
This old wande

            
ring boy from 

      
Tennessee



As long as the winds blow as long as the rivers flow

            
As long as the

              
 train whistle

  
s scream


As long as the wild goose flies as long as the flood tides rise

            
There's just n

              
o way of holdi

   
ng me



Momma it's so good to be back home

             
It's not right

              
 for you and p

              
apa to be here

 
 alone

            
But listen to 

              
that late even

    
ing train

            
Well I coulda 

              
swore I heard 

         
it call my nam

e



As long as the winds blow as long as the rivers flow

            
As long as the

              
 train whistle

  
s scream


As long as the wild goose flies as long as the flood tides rise

            
There's just n

              
o way of holdi

   
ng me