Joni Mitchell

I awoke today and found frost perched on my town
It hovered in a frozen sky and it gobbled summer down
When the sun turns traitor cold
And shivering trees are standing 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
and summertime is falling down and winter's 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 fell tremblin' down
And bully winds did push their faces in the snow
She got the urge for going and I had to let her go

She got the urge for going when the meadow grass was turning brown
And summertime was falling down and winter was closing in

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
Flappin' and a-racin' 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
And summertime is falling down and winter's 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
And have her stay for just another month or so
But 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
And 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 ...

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Gender changed from original lyrics.