You think that you are gonna build a fire.
You think you're gonna build a mighty flame.
But as you bring the lit match to the tinder,
It extinguishes, a puff of wind's to blame.

You think you've found the problem with your golf swing.
Keep your head down and watch your follow through.
But as you hit the ball into a wind gust
It does things you never meant for it to do.

It may never be as strong as a Malay typhoon
Or wreck the coast like Hurricane Corrine.
If it just disrupts the flight path of your Frisbee,
That's when you will hear yourself say "Stupid wind."

Come race a yacht from Maine down to Virginia
Or watch windmills in Holland grinding grain.
You'll find that wind is not always destructive.
Many times we can use it for our gain.

The jet stream and the trade winds are my brothers
The north wind and the zephyr are my friends.
They're formed combining air and sun and water
In a cycle, in a loop that never ends.

How high does the Chinese kite go?
If you had no wind, then you'd never know.
And you'd never take a ride in a hot air balloon.
It'd go straight up, but then it'd only spin.

You could make the air stand still,
But you'd sweat to death until
You find yourself say "Where's that stupid wind?"