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