Tuesday, November 27, 2012

The Cry of the Wild Goose

Words and Music by Terry Gilkyson




Performed by Frankie Laine

My heart knows what the wild goose knows
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

My heart knows what the wild goose knows
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 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
I must go where the wild goose goes
Wild goose, brother goose, which is best?
A wandering 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

My heart knows what the wild goose knows
I must go where the wild goose goes
Wild goose, brother goose, which is best?
A wandering foot or a heart at rest?

Let me fly, let me fly, let me fly away

Spring is coming 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
I must go where the wild goose goes
Wild goose, brother goose, which is best?
A wandering foot or a heart at rest?

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