Come In From The Cold - Joni Mitchell (琼尼·米契儿)

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 come in come in

Come in oh come in from the cold

Come in come in

We were so young

Ooh come in come in come in 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 come in come in

Come in from the cold

Come in come in

We were so sure

Who's coming in

Come in come in come in 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 come in come in

Oh come in from the cold yea

Come in come in

We were too far

Please come in

Come in come in come in 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 come in come in

Come in from the cold

Come in come in

I was so low

Ohh come in

Come in come in come in 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 checkin' out your mojo

Or am I just fightin' off growing old

Just a high fever

All I ever wanted

Was just to come in from the cold

Come in come in come in come in

Come in oh come in from the cold

Come in come in

It was so pure

Please come in

Come in come in come in come in

Come in from the cold

Ooh

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 come in come in

Come in come in from the cold

Come in come in

When the moon shines

Ohh come in

Come in come in come in come in

Come in from the cold

When I thought life had some meaning

Then 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

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 come in come in

Oh come in from the cold

Come in come in

You were so kind

Please come in

Come in come in come in come in

So kind

Come in from the cold

Come in come in

Oh come in come in

Come in come in come in come in

Come in from the cold

Come in come in

I was so low

Come in come in

Come in come in come in come in

Come in from the cold

Come in come in

Please come in

Come in come in come in come in