Back in 1957
We had to dance a foot apart
And they hawk-eyed us from the sidelines
Holding their rulers without a heart
And so with just a touch of our fingers
We could make our circuitry explode
All we ever wanted
Was just to come in from the cold
(Come in, come in, come in)
Come in from the cold (come in)
We were so young
Oh come in (Come in, come in, come in)
Come in from the cold
We really thought we had a purpose
We wеre so anxious to achieve
Wе had hope, the world held promise
For a slave to liberty
Freely I slaved away for something better
And I was bought and sold
And all I ever wanted
(And all I ever wanted)
Was just to come in from the cold
(Come in, come in, come in)
Come in from the cold (Come in, come in, come in)
Please come in (Come in, come in, come in)
Come in from the cold
I feel your legs under the table
Leaning into mine
I feel renewed, I feel disabled
By these bonfires in my spine
I don't know who the arsonist was
Which incendiary soul
But all I ever wanted
Was just to come in from the cold
(Come in, come in, come in)
Come in from the cold (Come in, come in, come in)
Please come in (Come in, come in, come in)
Come in from the cold
I am not some stone commission
Like a statue in a park
I am flesh and blood and vision
I am howling in the dark
Long blue shadows of the jackals
Are falling on a pay phone by the road
All they ever wanted
(And all I ever wanted)
Was just to come in from the cold
(Come in, come in, come in)
Come in from the cold (Come in, come in, come in)
Please come in (Come in, come in, come in)
Come in from the cold
Is this just vulgar electricity?
Is this the edifying fire?
(Yeah, it was so pure)
Does your smile's covert complicity
And debase as it admires?
(Just a flu with a temperature)
Are you just checking out your mojo
Or am I just fighting off growing old?
All I ever wanted
(All I ever wanted)
Was just to come in from the cold
(Come in, come in, come in)
Come in from the cold (Come in)
It was so pure
Please come in (Come in, come in, come in)
Come in from the cold
I know we never will be perfect
Never entirely clear
We get hurt and we just panic
And we strike out out of fear
(You were only being kind)
I fear the sentence of this solitude
All two hundred years on hold
(For my loving crime)
All we ever wanted
(All we ever wanted)
Was just to come in from the cold
(Come in, come in, come in)
Come in from the cold (Come in, come in)
Please come in
(Come in, come in, come in)
Come in from the cold
When I thought life had some meaning
When I thought I'd had some choice
And I made some value judgments
In a self-important voice
(I was outta line)
But then absurdity came over me
And I longed to lose control
(Into no mind)
All I ever wanted
(All I ever wanted)
Was just to come in from the cold
(Come in, come in, come in)
Come in from the cold (Come in, come in)
You were so kind
Please come in
(Come in, come in, come in)
Come in from the cold (Come in, come in)
Please come in come in
(Come in, come in, come in)
Come in from the cold (Come in, come in)
Please come in come in
(Come in, come in, come in)
Come in from the cold (Come in, come in)
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