Winter Time Blues

When the birds stop singing and the wind begins to blow
When the birds stop singing and the wind begins to blow
I was all outdoors, I didn't have my winter clothes

Now don't a man feel bad when he wakes up cold in hand
Now don't a man feel bad when he wakes up cold in hand
He won't have a dime to give the house rent man

I'm going to the post office to get some long distance mail
I'm going to the post office to get some long distance mail
I would catch the train I just haven't got the "geld"

It's so cold up north that the birds can't hardly fly
It's so cold up north that the birds can't hardly fly
They'll have to take their home, let this winter pass on by

"Oh, step on it
Oh, (Miss Lula, lord)
Just think about her only."

I'm staying in a house, I'd just as soon to be outdoors
I'm staying in a house, I'd just as soon to be outdoors
I'll have to go back south where the weather suits my clothes