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Blogs > iamwhatiam49 > Ramblings of a troubled mind

Tradition  

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12/24/2016 1:18 pm
Tradition

I don't say much during the year...but when the weather turns cold I post the lyrics to one of the most beautiful<b> songs </font></b>ever written. So here it is again

The Urge for Going

I woke up today and found,
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 is turning brown,
summertime is falling down,
winters closing in

And I had a girl in summertime,
With summer colored skin,
Not another man in town,
My darlin's heart could win,
But when the leaves fell tremblin' down,
The wooly winds did rub their faces in the snow,
She got the urge for goin',
And I had to let her go
and she got the urge for goin'
when the meadow grass was turnin' brown
summertime was fallin' down
and winter's closing in

the warriors of winter
give a cold triumphant shout
all that stays is dyin'
and all that lives is gettin' out
see the geese in chevron flight
laughin' and racin' on before the snow
they've got the urge for goin',
and they've got the wings to go

and they get the urge for goin'
when the meadow grass is turnin' brown
summertime is fallin' down
and winter's closing in

I'll ply the fire with kindlin'
and pull the blankets to my chin
I'll lock that vagrant winter out
and bolt my wanderings in
I'd like to call back summertime
and have her stay for just another mont or so
she's got the urge for goin'
and I guess she'll have to go

and she gets the urge for goin'
when the meadow grass is turnin' brown
all her empire's fallin' down
winter's closing in

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as sung by Tom Rush

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