Urge for Going

I woke up today and found the frost perched on the town
It hovered in the frozen sky and gobbled summer down
When the leaves turn traitor cold
And shivering trees are standing in the naked road
I get the urge for going but I never seem to go

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
The bully winds did rub their faces in the snow
She got the urge for going and I just had to let her go

And she got the urge for going when the meadow grass was turning brown
And summertime was falling down
And winter's closing in

The warriors of winter give their cold triumphant shout
All that stays is dying, all that lives is getting out
Oh, you see those geese in chevron flight
Flapping and racing on before the snow
They've got the urge for going and they've got the wings to go
I'll ply the fire with kindling and 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 and I'm going to have to let her go
And she gets the urge for going when the meadow grass is turning brown
And all our empires are falling down
And winter's closing in

And I get the urge for going when the summer grass is turning brown
And all our empires are falling down
And winter's closing in