Urge For Going lyrics by Joni Mitchell
Title: Urge for goingArtist: Joni Mitchell
Composer: Joni Mitchell
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I awoke today and found
the frost perched on the town
It hovered in a frozen sky
and it 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's closing in
I had me a man in summertime,
he had summer~colored skin
And not another girl in town
my darling's heart could win
But when the leaves
fell on the ground and
bully winds came around
pushed them face down 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 and
summertime was falling down
and winter was closing in
Now the warriors of winter
they give a cold triumphant shout
And all that stays is dying,
all that lives is getting out
See the geese in chevron flight
flapping and a racing on before the snow
They got the urge for going
and they got the wings so they can 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 now,
I'll pull the blankets up to my chin
I'll lock the vagrant winter out
and 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 so I guess she'll have to go
She's got the urge for going
when the meadow grass
is turning brown and
all the empires are falling down
and winter was closing in
And I get the urge for going
when the meadow grass
is turning brown and
summertime is falling down
