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