Run swiftly said the wolf and the winter will not fall Howl long and deep and you shall not hear it's call Keep an ear to the wind and your gaze never flinching And the coming snow will never greet your coat
The grass will stay lush and the ground never freeze The sky will stay blue and the birds in the trees Your belly full and your legs steadfast and strong Run swiftly to where winter won't follow
So on I ran with the wind at my side My feet a blur and my eyes filled with pride And yet the faster I flew, the colder I became 'till winter came and swallowed me whole