Urge For Going

I woke up today to find

The frost perched on the town

It hovered on a frozen sky

And gobbled summer down

And when the sun turned tray to gold

And naked trees are standing in a shivering row

I get the urge for going

But I never seem to go

Yes, I get the urge for going

When meadow grass is turning brown

And summertime is falling down

And winter closing in

I had a girl in summertime

With summer colored skin

And not another man in town

My darling's heart could win

But when the leaves came trembling down

And bully winds did push fair faces in the snow

She got the urge for going

And I had to let her go

Yes, she got the urge for going

When meadow grass was turning brown

And summertime was falling down

And winter closing in

The warriors of winter

Give a cold triumphant shout

And all that stays is dying

All that lives is getting out

See the geese in shepherd flight

Straining and a-flapping on before the snow

They've got the urge for going

And they've got the wings to go

Yes, they get the urge for going

When meadow grass is turning brown

And summertime is falling down

And winter closing in

I'll ply the fire with kindlin'

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

And have her stay for just another month or so

Oh, but she's got the urge for going

And I guess she'll have to go

Yes, she gets the urge for going

When meadow grass is turning brown

And all her empire's falling down

And winter closing in