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Beneath this snowy mantle
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cold and clean

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The unborn grass lies waiting

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For its coat to turn to green.

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The snowbird sings the song
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he always sings

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And speaks to me of flowers

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That bloom again in Spring.

Verses (same tabs)

When I was young my heart was young then, to
And anything that it would tell me
That's the thing I would do.
But now I feel such emptiness within
For the thing I want the most in life
Is the thing I cannot win.

Spread your tiny wings and fly away
And take the snowbird back with you
Where it came from on that day.
The one I love forever is untrue
And if I could I know 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 peacful waters flow.

Coda:
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Yeah, if I could, you know that I would

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Fly away with you.