Beneath this snowy mantle cold and clean
The unborn grass lies waiting
for its coat to turn to green

The snowbird sings a song he always sings
And speaks to me of flowers
that will bloom again in spring


When I was young my heart was young then too
Anything that it would tell me,

that's the thing that I would do
But now I feel such emptiness within
For the thing that I want most in life

Is the thing I can't win

Spread your tiny wings and fly away

And take the snow back with you
Where it came from on that day
The one I love forever is untrue

And if I could you know
that I would fly away with you


The breeze along the river seems to say
That she'll only break my heart again
should I decide to stay

So little snowbird take me with you when you go
To that land of gentle breezes
where the peaceful waters flow