JONI MITCHELL - Come In From The Cold lyrics

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Back in 1957<br>We had to dance a foot apart<br>And they hawk-eyed us from the sidelines<br>Holding their rulers without a heart<br>And so with just a touch of our fingers<br>I could make our circuitry explode<br>All we ever wanted<br>Was just to come in from the cold<br><br>Come in<br>Come in from the cold<br>(we were so young)<br>Oh come in<br>Come in from the cold<br><br>We really thought we had a purpose<br>We were so anxious to achieve<br>We had hope<br>The world held promise<br>For a slave to liberty<br>Freely I slaved away for something better<br>And I was bought and sold<br>And all I ever wanted<br>Was just to come in from the cold<br><br>Come in<br>Come in from the cold<br>(we were so sure)<br>Oh come in<br>Come in from the cold<br><br>I feel your leg under the table<br>Leaning into mine<br>I feel renewed<br>I feel disabled<br>By these bonfires in my spine<br>I don't know who the arsonist was<br>Which incendiary soul<br>But all I ever wanted<br>Was just to come in from the cold<br><br>Come in<br>Come in from the cold<br>(you were so warm)<br>Oh come in<br>Come in from the cold<br><br>I am not some stone commission<br>Like a statue in a park<br>I am flesh and blood and vision<br>I am howling in the dark<br>Long blue shadows of the jackals<br>Are falling on a pay phone by the road<br>Oh all they ever wanted<br>Was just to come in from the cold<br><br>Come in<br>Come in from the cold<br>(I was so low)<br>Oh come in<br>Come in from the cold<br><br>Is this just vulgar electricity<br>Is this the edifying fire<br>(it was so pure)<br>Does your smile's covert complicity<br>Debase as it admires<br>(just a flu with a temperature)<br>Are you just checking out your mojo<br>(oohoo)<br>Or am I just fighting off growing old<br>(just a high fever)<br>All I ever wanted<br>Was just to come in from the cold<br><br>Come in<br>Come in from the cold<br>(it was so pure)<br>Oh come in<br>Come in from the cold<br><br>I know we never will be perfect<br>Never entirely clear<br>(when the moon shines)<br>We get hurt and we just panic<br>And we strike out<br>Out of fear<br>(you were only being kind)<br>I fear the sentence of this solitude<br>200 years on hold<br>(for my loving crime)<br>Oh and all we ever wanted<br>Was just to come in from the cold<br><br>Come in<br>Come in from the cold<br>(when the moon shines)<br>Oh come in<br>Come in from the cold<br><br>When I thought life had some purpose<br>Then I thought I had some choice<br>(I was running blind)<br>And I made some value judgments<br>In a self-important voice<br>(I was outa line)<br>But then absurdity came over me<br>And I longed to lose control<br>(into no mind)<br>Oh all I ever wanted<br>Was just to come in from the cold<br><br>Come in<br>Come in from the cold<br>(you were so kind)<br>Please come in<br>(so kind)<br>Come in from the cold<br>Come in come in<br>Come in from the cold, etc.