It's a panhandle wind And leaves only trouble behind There's a panhandle wind Out of Texas tonight With the cold taste of snow on her tongue They'll be bringing in firewood In Texas tonight For the winter is wild and young By morning the fences'll Surely be buried The snow will be drifted and blown There's a panhandle wind Out of Texas tonight And the wise folks are staying to home It's a low wind and a moaner Like a old drunk in jail Till it seems to go wild with a half crazy wail It's a wind without mercy And it's no friend of mine It's a panhandle wind And leaves only trouble behind God knows where it comes from I couldn't be sure But there's one thing that's easy to tell If it catches you out in the open my friend You'll be certain to go straight to hell For the fool who comes out In a panhandle wind Is a fool with a lesson to learn For the devil is riding That wind out out of hell And it comes out so cold it can burn It's a low wind and a moaner Like a old drunk in jail Till it seems to go wild with a half crazy wail It's a wind without mercy And it's no friend of mine It's a panhandle wind And leaves only trouble behind It's a low wind and a moaner Like a old drunk in jail Till it seems to go wild with a half crazy wail It's a wind without mercy And it's no friend of mine It's a panhandle wind And leaves only trouble behind There's a panhandle wind Out of Texas tonight And it leaves only trouble behind