Restless (intro)

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

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it sets my senses reeling, and my wheels begin to spin.

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

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and I will always love that sound until the day I die.

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

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from every quiet dancer who might be a special guest.

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In a movie made for TV or a late night interview,

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you might even find them on the young and the restless, too.

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Do you get that restless feeling when you hear a whistle blast,

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like an echo from the past ,

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of an old engine flying down a road that's iron cast ?

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

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

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

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we will be returning to the things that we love best.

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

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and the scrimshaw that he had,

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of an old schooner roving 'neath a sky that's ironclad ?

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

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as we gaze off in the distance through the trees in my back yard.

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

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

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

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of a spectre from the past,

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of a cold diesel rolling down a road that's built to last ?

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Still I get that restless feeling, when I hear a whistle blast,

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see an image from the past,

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of an old schooner flying down a sky that's overcast ?

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(orig. = capo 2nd) (Gordon Lightfoot)