Joni Mitchell Urge For Going Lyrics

I awoke today and found the frost perched on the town.
It hovered in a frozen sky, then it gobbled summer down.
When the sun turns traitor cold
And all the trees are shiverin' in a naked row.
I get the urge for goin' but I never seem to go.

I get the urge for goin'
When the meadow grass is turnin' brown,
Summertime is fallin' down and winter's closin' in.

I had me a man in summertime.
He had summer-colored skin.
And not another girl in town
My darlin's heart could win.
But when the leaves fell on the ground,
Bully winds came around, pushed them face down in the snow,
He got the urge for goin' and I had to let him go.

He got the urge for goin'
When the meadow grass was turnin' brown,
Summertime was fallin' down and winter's closin' in.

Now the warriors of winter they give a cold triumphant shout,
And all that stays is dyin', all that lives is gettin' out.
See the geese in chevron flight flappin' and a-racin' on before the snow.
They got the urge for goin', and they got the wings so they can go.

They get the urge for goin'
When the meadow grass is turnin' brown,
Summertime is fallin' down and winter's closin' in.

[Brief Guitar Interlude]

I'll ply the fire with kindlin' now, I'll pull the blankets 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 goin' so I guess she'll have to go.

She gets the urge for goin'
When the meadow grass is turnin' brown
And all her empire's falling down,
And winter's closin' in.

And I get the urge for goin'
When the meadow grass is turnin' brown,
And summertime is fallin' down...

[Guitar Finale]

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