text: Verse
  And I awoke today and found the 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
  Chorus
  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
  Summertime is falling down winters closing in
  Verse
  I had a girl in summertime with summer colored skin
  And not another man in town my darlings heart could win
  But when the leaves fell trembling down
  And bully winds did rub their face down in the snow
  Chorus
  She got the urge for going I had to let her go
  She got the urge for going when the meadow grass was turning brown
  And summertime was falling down and winters closing in
  Verse
  Now the warriors of winter they 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-racin on before the snow
  Chorus
  Got the urge for going theyve got the wings to go
  And they get the urge for going when the meadow grass is turning brown
  Summertime is falling down and winters closing in
  Verse
  Ill ply the fire with kindling, Ill pull the blankets to my chin
  Ill lock the vagrant winter out Ill bolt my wandering in
  Id like to call back summertime
  And have her stay for just another month or so
  Chourus
  But shes got the urge for going I guess shell have to go
  And shes gets the urge for going when the meadow grass is turning
  Brown
  All her empires are falling down winters closing in
  And I get the urge for going when the meadow grass is turning brown
  And summertime is falling down