Come In From The Cold

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
Ah, it 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 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 from the cold
You were too 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
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
Please come in
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
Two hundred 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 meaning
When I thought I had some choice
I was running blind
And I made some value judgments
In a self-important voice
I was outta' line, outta 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
Come in
You were so kind
Please come in
So kind
Come in from the cold
Come in come in
Come in from the cold