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