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