Come In From Cold - Joni Mitchell

    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
    I could make our circuitry explode
    All we ever wanted
    Was just to come in from the cold

    Come in
    Come in from the cold
    (we were so young)
    Oh come in
    Come in from the cold

    We really thought we had a purpose
    We were so anxious to achieve
    We 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
    Was just to come in from the cold

    Come in
    Come in from the cold
    (we were so sure)
    Oh come in
    Come in from the cold

    I feel your leg 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 from the cold
    (you were so warm)
    Oh 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
    Oh all they ever wanted
    Was just to come in from the cold

    Come in
    Come in from the cold
    (I was so low)
    Oh come in
    Come in from the cold

    Is this just vulgar electricity
    Is this the edifying fire
    (it was so pure)
    Does your smile's covert complicity
    Debase as it admires
    (just a flu with a temperature)
    Are you just checking out your mojo
    (oohoo)
    Or am I just fighting off growing old
    (just a high fever)
    All I ever wanted
    Was just to come in from the cold

    Come in
    Come in from the cold
    (it was so pure)
    Oh come in
    Come in from the cold

    I know we never will be perfect
    Never entirely clear
    (when the moon shines)
    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
    200 years on hold
    (for my loving crime)
    Oh and all we ever wanted
    Was just to come in from the cold

    Come in
    Come in from the cold
    (when the moon shines)
    Oh come in
    Come in from the cold

    When I thought life had some purpose
    Then I thought I had some choice
    (I was running blind)
    And I made some value judgments
    In a self-important voice
    (I was outa line)
    But then absurdity came over me
    And I longed to lose control
    (into no mind)
    Oh all I ever wanted
    Was just to come in from the cold

    Come in
    Come in from the cold
    (you were so kind)
    Please come in
    (so kind)
    Come in from the cold
    Come in come in
    Come in from the cold, etc.
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