Joni Mitchell — Urge For Going Live at The 2nd Fret Philadelphia PA 11/1966

[Verse 1] I awoke today and found a 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 shivering in a naked row I get the urge for going but I never seem to go [Chorus] I get the urge for going When the meadow grass is turning brown Summertime is falling down And winter's closing in [Verse 2] I had me a man in summertime, he had summer-colored skin And not another girl in town my darling's heart could win But when the leaves fell on the ground, and Bully winds did rub their faces in the snow He got the urge for going and I had to let him go [Chorus] He got the urge for going When the meadow grass was turning brown, an' Summertime was falling down An' winter closing in [Verse 3] Now the warriors of winter, gave a cold triumphant shout And all that stays is dying, all that lives is getting out See the geese in chevron flight Flapping and racing on before the snow They got the urge for going and they got the wings to go [Chorus] They get the urge for going When the meadow grass is turning brown And summertime is falling down And winter's closing in [Verse 4] So I'll ply the fire with kindling now, pull up blankets up to my chin I'll lock the vagrant winter out and fold 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 going so I guess she'll have to go [Chorus] She gets the urge for going When the meadow grass is turning brown, and All her empire's falling down And winter's closing in [Outro] And I get the urge for going When the meadow grass is turning brown And summertime is falling down