Urge For Going

I woke up today and found

The frost perched on the town

It hovered in a frozen sky

And gobbled summer down

When the sun turns traitor cold

And the shivering trees

Are standing in their naked rows

I get the urge for going

I never seem to go

I get the urge for going

When the meadow grass is turning brown

Summertime is falling down

Winter is closing in

I had a girl in summertime

With summer-coloured skin

And not another man in town

My darling's heart could win

When the leaves came tumbling down

And the bully winds did rub their faces in the snow

She got the urge for going

I had to let her go

She gets the urge for going

When the meadow grass is turning brown

Summertime is falling down

Winter is closing in

And the warriors of winter

Gave a cold triumphant shout

All that's left is dying

And all that lives is getting out

See the geese in chevron flight

Flapping and racing on before the snow

They've got the urge for going

They've got the wings to go

They get the urge for going

When the meadow grass is turning brown

Summertime is falling down

Winter is closing in

Apply the fire with kindling

And pull the blankets to my chin

I'll lock the vagrant winter out

And keep my wandering in

I'd like to call back summertime

And ask her to stay for just another month or so

She's got the urge for going

I guess she'll have to go

She gets the urge for going

When the meadow grass is turning brown

All her empires are fallin' down

Winter is closing in

I get the urge for going

When the meadow grass is turning brown

Summertime is falling down

Winter is closing in