Urge For Going Lyrics - Crosby & Nash

Written by: Joni Mitchell, performd by Crosby & Nash 

When I awoke today and found the frost had perched on the town 

It hovered in a frozen sky and gobbled summer down 

And when the wind turns traitor cold 

And shivering trees are standing naked in a 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 

And the 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 

Bully winds did rub their faces in the snow 

She got the urge for goin', and I had to let her go ... 

And I get the urge for going 

When the meadow grass is turning brown 

And the summertime is falling down 

And winter's closing in 

Now the warriors of winter 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-racing off before the snow 

They got the urge for going and they've got the wings to go ... 

And I get the urge for going 

When the meadow grass is turning brown 

And the summertime is falling down 

And winter's closing in