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

Good caretaker springs to action

Salts the stoop and scoops the cat in

Tests an icy patch for traction

Snow, snow

Snow, snow, snow, snow

Levels risin' on the island

Shows no sign of soon subsidin'

Driftin' deeply down in Brooklyn

So much joy in merely lookin'

Inside, he's got a fire cracklin'

And on the couch, beneath an afghan

Lies an old friend he just took in

Seeking shelter from the cold wind

Comin' down in smithereens

On Staten Island, Bronx, and Queens

It's blanketin' 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

Like snow, snow

Snow, snow, snow, snow

Snow is falling in Manhattan

Inside, I've got a fire cracklin'

And on the couch, beneath an afghan

You're the old friend I just took in