First Snow of the Year

it's the first snow of the year
guess it happens once a year
it's the first snow of the year oh glory
and dogs in the neighbourhood are going crazy
and even all the old ones that are usually lazy
it's the first snow of the year
i wonder will it stay for good
i wonder will it be here in the morning
when i wake up to meet the day
will the fresh white snow still around me lay
it's the first snow of the year

i know that by february
my thoughts on snow will be contrary
but this is now and then is then

it's the first snow of the year
so put the bicycles away
and clear the walkways with a borrowed shovel
and i heard this year was gonna be trouble
if you thought last year was bad
this year's supposed to be double
but you can never ever tell
and it's probably just as well
take the toboggan to the nearest valley
and night time comes just way too soon
and you drag the thing home under a half lit moon
it's the first snow of the year

it's the first snow of the year
so i think we should go to bed early
and light a candle where we lay
stay as warm as we can stay

fill my nose up with the smell
of the first snow of the year
before you know the days will be getting long
but as we hunker down a spell
and the fire's burning well
i like the way that we keep warm in the covers
on the first snow of the year