I r eally can't stay (Baby it's cold outside)
I've g ot to go aw ay (Baby it's c old outs ide)
This e vening has been (Been hoping that you'd drop in)
So very n ice (I'll hold your hands they're just like ice)
My m other will start to worry (Beautiful what's your hurry?)
My fa ther will be pacing the floor (Li sten to the fireplace roar)
So r eally I'd better scurry (Beautiful please don't hurry)
But ma ybe just a half a drink more (Put some records o n while I pour)
The ne ighbors might think (Baby it's bad out there)
Say w hat's in this dr ink? (There ain't any c abs out th ere)
I f eel as if I'm in (Your eyes are better than sin)
Some frenzied sp ell (I love your hair it lo oks so s well)
I o ught to say no no no sir (Mind if I move in closer?)
At le ast I'm gonna say that I tried (What's the sense in hur ting my p ride?)
I r eally can't s tay
B aby don't hold out)
Oh but it's c old o ut - s ide
I s imply must go (Baby it's cold outside)
The an swer is n o (Baby it's c old outs ide)
I s ee this welcome has been (How lucky that you dropped in)
So nice and w arm (Look out the window a t that s torm)
My s ister will be suspicious (Don't your lips look delicious)
My br other will be there at the door (Waves upon a tr opical shore)
My fr iends well their minds are fishin' (Gosh your lips are delicious)
But m aybe just a cigarette more (Ne ver such a blizzard before)
I've got to get home (But baby you'll freeze out there)
Why don't you l end me another c oat (It's up to your kn ees out th ere)
You've r eally been grand
But don't you s ee
(How can you do this th ing to me?)
There's b ound to be talk tomorrow (Think of my life long sorrow)
At le ast there will be plenty implied (If you caught pne umonia and died)
I r eally can't s tay
B aby don't hold out)
Oh but it's c old o ut - s ide
