Burl Ives - Snowbird      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