Standard (EADGBE)

 I awoke today and found frost had perched on the town

 Harbored in a frozen sky and all the summer down

 And when the wind turned trade and cold

 And all the trees are shivering in a naked row

 I get the urge for going but I never seem to go

Chorus

 And I get the urge for going

 When the meadow grass is turning brown

 And the summertime is falling down

 And the winter's closing in

I had a girl in summertime with summer colored skin

And not another man in ten my darling's heart could win

When the leaves fell tremblin' down

(Bullies wished (?)) to rub their faces in the snow

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

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

Laughing and a-racing off before the snow

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