Restless Lyrics - All Live - Gordon Lightfoot

There's a kind of a restless feeling and it pulls me from within 

It sets my senses reeling and my wheels begin to spin 

In the quietude of winter you can hear the wild geese cry 

And I will always love that sound until the day I die 

There's a plain and a simple answer to each and every quest 

From every quiet dance who might be a special guest 

In a movie made for TV or a late night interview 

You might even find them on the Young and the Restless too 

Do ya get that restless feelin' when you hear a whistle blast 

Like an echo from the past 

Of an old engine flyin' down a road that's iron cast 

The lake is blue, the sky is gray, the leaves have turned to gold 

The wild goose will be on her way, the weather's much too cold 

When the muskie and the old trout too have all gone down to rest 

We will be returning to the things that we love best 

Do ya get that restless yearning when you think about your dad 

And the scrimshaw that he had 

Of an old schooner rovin' 'neath a sky that's ironclad 

There's a kind of a restless feeling and it catches you off guard 

As we gaze off at the distance through the trees in my back yard 

I can feel that restless yearning of those geese as off they roam 

Then trade that for a warm bed and a place I can call home 

Will ya get that restless yearning when you hear the wicked blast 

Of a specter from the past 

Of a cold diesel rollin' down a road that's built to last 

Still I get that restless feelin' when I hear a whistle blast 

See an image from the past 

Of an old schooner flyin' down a sky that's overcast