Urge For Going

And I awoke 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 shivering trees are standing in a naked row I get the urge for going but I never seem to go And I get the urge for going when the meadow grass is turning brown Summertime is falling down 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 trembling down And bully winds did rub their face down in the snow She got the urge for going 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 winters closing in Now the warriors of winter they give a cold triumphant shout All that stays is dying all that lives is getting out See the geese in chevron flight Flapping and a-racin on before the snow Got the urge for going they've got the wings to go And they get the urge for going when the meadow grass is turning brown Summertime is falling down and winter's closing in I'll ply the fire with kindling, I'll pull the blankets to my chin I'll lock the vagrant winter out I'll 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 And she's gets the urge for going when the meadow grass is turning brown All her empire's are falling down winter's closing in And I get the urge for going when the meadow grass is turning brown And summertime is falling down From Tom Rush "The Circle Game LP" Elektra Records Gandalf Music (BMI)