Urge For Going

I awoke today and found the frost perched on the town

It hovered in a frozen sky, then 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

I get the urge for going

When the meadow grass is turning brown

Summertime is falling down and winter is closing in

I had a man in summertime, summer-colored skin

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

when the leaves fell trembling down and

Bully winds did rub them faces in the snow

He got the urge for going

And I had to let him go

He got the urge for going

When the meadow grass was turning brown

Summertime was falling down and winter was closing in

Now the warriors of winter they gave a cold triumphant shout

And all that stays is dying and 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 so

They get the urge for going

When the meadow grass is turning brown

Summertime is falling down and winter is closing in

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

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

I'd like to call back summertime

Have her stay for just another month or so

But she's got the urge for gong

So I guess she'll have to go

She gets the urge for going

When the meadow grass is turning brown

All her empire's falling down and winter's closing in

And I get the urge for going

When the meadow grass is turning brown

And summertime is falling down