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 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   yah if I could, you know that I would fly away with you