Snow is Falling in Manhattan

Snow is falling in Manhattan
 In a slow diagonal fashion
 On the Sabbath, as it happens
 Snow is falling in Manhattan
 If it looks like it might be a bad one
 The good caretaker springs to action
 Salts the stoop and scoops the cat in
 Tests an icy patch for traction
 Snow
 Snow, oh, whoa, oh, whoa, oh, whoa
 Snow, oh, whoa, oh, whoa, oh, whoa
 Snow, oh, whoa
 Snow, oh, whoa
 Snow, oh, whoa, oh, whoa, oh, whoa, oh, whoa, oh, whoa
 Levels rising on the island
 Shows no sign of soon subsiding
 Drifting deeply down in Brooklyn
 So much joy in merely looking
 Inside he's got a fire crackling
 And on the couch, beneath an afghan
 Lies an old friend he just took in
 Seeking shelter from the cold wind
 Coming down in smithereens
 On Staten Island, Bronx and Queens
 It's blanketing the city streets
 And the streets beneath are fast asleep
 Songs build little rooms in time
 And housed within the song's design
 Is the ghost the host has left behind
 To greet and sweep the guest inside
 Stoke the fire and sing his lines
 Snow
 Snow, oh, whoa, oh, whoa, oh, whoa
 Snow, oh, whoa, oh, whoa, oh, whoa
 Snow, oh, whoa
 Snow, oh, whoa
 Snow, oh, whoa, oh, whoa, oh, whoa, oh, whoa, oh, whoa
 Snow is falling in Manhattan
 Inside I've got a fire crackling
 And on the couch, beneath an afghan
 You're the old friend I just took in