My heart knows what the wild goose knows,
I must go where the wild goose goes.
Wild goose, brother goose, which is best?
A wanderin` foot or a heart at rest?
Tonight I heard the wild goose cry,
Wingin` 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 wanderin` foot or a heart at rest?)
Woman was kind and true to me.
She thinks she loves me, the more fool she.
She`s got a love that ain`t no use,
To love a brother of the old 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 wanderin` foot or a heart at rest?)
(Oh, you wild goose.)
The cabin is warm and the snow is deep,
I got a woman who lies asleep.
She`ll wake at tomorrow`s dawn,
She`ll find, poor critter, that her man is gone.
(Oh, you wild goose.)
My heart knows what the wild goose knows,
I must go where the wild goose goes.
Wild goose, brother goose, which is best?
A wanderin` foot or a heart at rest?
Let me fly, let me fly, let me fly away.
Spring is comin` and the ice will break,
I can`t linger for a woman`s sake.
She`ll see a shadow pass overhead.
She`ll find my feathers beside my bed.
(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 wanderin` foot or a heart at rest?
(Wild goose, wild goose, wild goose, wild goose.)