The Cry of the Wild Goose

My heart knows what the wild goose knows

And I must go where the wild goose goes

Wild goose, brother goose, which is best

A wandering foot or a heart at rest?

Tonight I heard the wild goose cry

Winging north in the lonely sky

Tried to sleep, it weren't no use

'Cause I am a brother to the old wild goose

Oh, my heart knows what the wild goose knows

And I must go where the wild goose goes

Wild goose, brother goose, which is best

A wandering foot or a heart at rest?

Woman was kind and true to me

She thinks she loves me, the more fool she

She's gotta learn that it ain't no use

To love a brother of the old wild goose

Oh, my heart knows what the wild goose knows

And I must go where the wild goose goes

Wild goose, brother goose, which is best

A wandering foot or a heart at rest?

The cabin is warm and the snow is deep

And I got a woman who lies asleep

She'll wake at tomorrow's dawn

And will find, poor critter, that her man is gone

Oh, my heart knows what the wild goose knows

And I must go where the wild goose goes

Wild goose, brother goose, which is best

A wandering foot or a heart at rest?

Let it fly, let it fly, let it fly away

Spring is coming and the ice will break

And I can't linger for a woman's sake

She'll see a shadow pass overhead

And she'll find a feather beside her bed

Oh, my heart knows what the wild goose knows

And I must go where the wild goose goes

Wild goose, brother goose, which is best

A wandering foot or a heart at rest?