Intro: C# Fm D#m C# C# Fm D#m Beneath this snowy mantle cold and clean G# The unborn grass lies waiting C# for its coat to turn to green C# Fm D#m The snowbird sings a song he always sings G# And speaks to me of flowers C# that will bloom again in spring C# Fm D#m When I was young my heart was young then too G# Anything that it would tell me, C# thatʼs the thing that I would do C# Fm D#m But now I feel such emptiness within G# For the thing that I want most in life C# Is the thing I canʼt win C# Fm D#m Spread your tiny wings and fly away G# And take the snow back with you C# Where it came from on that day C# Fm D#m The one I love forever is untrue G# And if I could you know C# that I would fly away with you C# Fm D#m The breeze along the river seems to say G# That sheʼll only break my heart again C# should I decide to stay C# Fm D#m So little snowbird take me with you when you go G# To that land of gentle breezes C# where the peaceful waters flow C# Fm D#m Spread your tiny wings and fly away G# And take the snow back with you C# Where it came from on that day C# Fm D#m The one I love forever is untrue G# And if I could you know C# that I would fly away with you G# Yeah, and if I could you know F# G# C# that I would fly away with you
