The Wandering Kind
(Bob Dylan, Helena Springs)

She's like sweet water that runs down my face
She keeps me posted for diamonds and lace
I give her freedom and what else I can find
But I know she's restless in her mind
And the wandering kind

Way down in Texas many years ago
She traveled with me to ease my heavy load
And some big shot saw her 'cause she looked so fine
How was he to know she was restless in her mind, yeah
And the wandering kind

A strange bedfellow wandered in her room
She was more unfaithful than I ever could assume
She took his money and slayed him from behind
'Cause she knew she was restless in her mind
She's the wander kind

Down at the border, I've got plans of my own
I don't need no woman, I can go it alone
But I miss my baby and I can't keep from cryin'
'Cause I know she's restless in her mind
And the wandering kind
And the wandering kind
Ooh…

I should have known better than to get mixed up with her
I guess I'll never know for sure
For better or worse the situation now is reversed
And I'm broke 'cause she is no longer first in my heart

I wrote this letter before leaving the hotel
To where she's staying in that dark adobe cell
I tried to help her but she knows I'm not blind
And because I'm not restless in my mind
I'm the wandering kind

© 1986 Special Rider Music (ASCAP)


LP "The Legendary Paul Butterfield Rides Again" Amherst Records AMH 3305 
https://www.discogs.com/fr/Paul-Butterfield-The-Legendary-Paul-Butterfield-Rides-Again/release/2815023