My heart knows what the wild goose knows And I must go where the wild goose goes A wild goose, brother goose, which is best A wandering fool or a heart at rest? Tonight I heard the wild goose cry Hanging north in the lonely sky Tried to sleep, it bore no use Cause I am a brother to the old wild goose My heart knows what the wild goose knows And I must go where the wild goose goes A wild goose, brother goose, which is best A wandering fool 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 the brother of the old wild goose My heart knows what the wild goose knows And I must go where the wild goose goes A wild goose, brother goose, which is best A wandering fool or a heart at rest? The cabin is warm and the snow is deep And I've got a woman who lies asleep She'll wake at tomorrow's dawn And find, poor critter, that man is gone My heart knows what the wild goose knows And I must go where the wild goose goes A wild goose, brother goose, which is best A wandering fool or a heart at rest? And he fly, and he fly, and he 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 My heart knows what the wild goose knows And I must go where the wild goose goes A wild goose, brother goose, which is best A wandering fool or a heart at rest?