"The pessimist complains about the wind; the optimist expects it to change;
the realist adjusts the sails." William Arthur Ward

1. The Jimi Hendrix Experience (1967) "The Wind Cries Mary" by Jimi Hendrix [YouTube]

Will the wind ever remember
The names it has blown in the past?
And with this crutch
Its old age and its wisdom
It whispers, "No, this will be the last"
And the wind cries "Mary"

And it's a fair wind
Blowin' warm out of the south over my shoulder
Guess I'll set a course and go

I talk to the wind
My words are all carried away
I talk to the wind
The wind does not hear
The wind cannot hear

We were born before the wind
Also, younger than the sun
'Ere the bonnie boat was won
As we sailed into the mystic

Flying over mountains on a wind of change
Sifting over valleys of a timeless dawn
The flyer is a free man, although he ain't no he-man
You'll find he don't need your strength at all

Train roll on, on down the line
Won't you please take me far, far away
Now I feel the wind blow, outside my door
I'm leavin' my woman at home, oh yeah
Tuesday's gone with the wind
Oh my baby's gone, gone with the wind

I'm walking in the wind, looking at the sky
Hanging on a breeze. and wondering why, why

I'm just a poor boy, I need no sympathy
Because I'm easy come, easy go
Little high, little low
Any way the wind blows, doesn't really matter to me, to me

I sit in the sunset
Watching God's evening,
Receding so gently now
Into the Westlands.
I think I'm at peace now
But of nothing am I certain
Only which way will the wind blow next time?

Accused and tried and told to hang
I was nowhere in sight when the church bells rang
Never was the kind to do as I was told
Gonna ride like the wind before I get old

An ill wind comes arising
Across the cities of the plain
There's no swimming in the heavy water
No singing in the acid rain
Red alert, red alert

And after all the warmth
Of a love that had it all
A cold November wind
Is the hardest way to fall

Hear the wind moan
In the bright diamond sky
These mountains are waiting
Brown-green and dry
I'm too old for the term
But I'll use it anyway
I'll be a child of the wind
Till the end of my days

As with prior lists, the references are mostly older, primarily because my musical outlook changed and the blues and progressive genres aren't as "windy" in reference. And, yes, there are many others with 'wind' prominent in the lyrics and/or the title, including excellent and popular songs, most of which simply didn't resonate with my inner cool. These include songs like Bob Seger's Against the Wind or even artists and songs that I love but that just didn't fit, such as Pink Floyd's A Pillow of Winds, Yusef Islam (Cat Stevens) The Wind, or Santana's absolutely wonderful Song of the Wind (but only because it's an instrumental).