She's just a drifter
And she drifts from town to town
She's never been branded
And she's never been tied down
She drifts for a while
Then she might drift back to town
And somethin' keeps callin'
She has to move on to new ground
Wild as a prairie wind
Warm as the hot desert sun
Places she's never seen
Keeps her from settelin' down
Just like a free runnin' river
She rambles and rolls
Ther highway's her Heaven
She makes the whole world her own
'Cause she's a drifter
Don't mean that I don't care about her
Sometimes I live with her,
Sometimes I'm livin' without her
Just when I think
That I'm finally beginnin' to tame her
That's when she makes me feel
Bein' tied down kinda shames her
Down to the ocean,
She might stay a while on the beach
Then caught by the high tide
She drifts further on out of reach
There's no way a-tellin'
How soon you may see her again
Nature's her Mother
And that makes her kin to the wind
'Cause she's a drifter
Don't mean that I don't care about her
Sometimes I live with her,
Sometimes I'm livin' without her
Just when I think
That I'm finally beginnin' to tame her
That's when she makes me feel
Bein' tied down kinda shames her