Beneath its snowy mantle cold and clean   The unborn grass lies waiting for its coat to turn to green   The snowbird sings the 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   And 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's the thing that 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 he'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      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   Yeah, if I could, you know that I would fly away with you