Urge For Going (Live at The 2nd Fret, Philadelphia, PA, 11/1966)

[Verse 1]

I awoke today and found a frost perched on the town

It hovered in a frozen sky, then it gobbled summer down

When the sun turns traitor cold

And all the trees are shivering in a naked row

I get the urge for going but I never seem to go

[Chorus]

I get the urge for going

When the meadow grass is turning brown

Summertime is falling down

And winter's closing in

[Verse 2]

I had me a man in summertime, he had summer-colored skin

And not another girl in town my darling's heart could win

But when the leaves fell on the ground, and

Bully winds did rub their faces in the snow

He got the urge for going and I had to let him go

[Chorus]

He got the urge for going

When the meadow grass was turning brown, an'

Summertime was falling down

An' winter closing in

[Verse 3]

Now the warriors of winter, gave a cold triumphant shout

And all that stays is dying, all that lives is getting out

See the geese in chevron flight

Flapping and racing on before the snow

They got the urge for going and they got the wings to go

[Chorus]

They get the urge for going

When the meadow grass is turning brown

And summertime is falling down

And winter's closing in

[Verse 4]

So I'll ply the fire with kindling now, pull up blankets up to my chin

I'll lock the vagrant winter out and fold my wandering in

I'd like to call back summertime, and

Have her stay for just another month or so

But she's got the urge for going so I guess she'll have to go

[Chorus]

She gets the urge for going

When the meadow grass is turning brown, and

All her empire's falling down

And winter's closing in

[Outro]

And I get the urge for going

When the meadow grass is turning brown

And summertime is falling down