Baby, It's Cold Outside
I really can't stay - Baby it's cold outside
I've got to go away - Baby it's cold outside
This evening has been - Been hoping that you'd drop in
So very nice - I'll hold your hands, they're just like
ice
My mother will start to worry - Beautiful, what's your
hurry?
Father will be pacing the floor - Listen to the fireplace
roar
So really I'd better scurry - Beautiful, please don't
hurry
Maybe just a half a drink more - Put some records on
while I pour
The neighbors might think - Baby, it's bad out there
Say, what's in this drink? - No cabs to be had out there
I wish I knew how - Your eyes are like starlight now
To break this spell - I'll take your hat, your hair looks
swell
I ought to say no, no, no - Mind if I move in closer?
At least I'm gonna say that I tried - What's the sense in
hurting my pride?
I really can't stay - Baby don't hold out
Ah, but it's cold outside
I've got to get home - Oh, baby, you'll freeze out there
Say, lend me your coat - It's up to your knees out there
You've really been grand - Thrill when you touch my hand
Why don't you see - How can you do this thing to me?
There's bound to be talk tomorrow - Think of my life long
sorrow
At least there will be plenty implied - If you caught pneumonia
and died
I really can't stay - Get over that hold out
Ah, but it's cold outside
Oh, baby, it's cold outside
Oh, baby, it's cold outside
written by Frank Loesser in 1944
Frank Loesser (June 29, 1910 – July 28, 1969) was an American songwriter
who wrote the lyrics and music to the Broadway hits Guys and Dolls and How To
Succeed In Business Without Really Trying, among others. He won separate Tony
Awards for the music and lyrics in both shows, as well as sharing the Pulitzer
Prize for Drama for the latter. He also wrote numerous songs for films and Tin
Pan Alley, many of which have become standards, and was nominated for five
Academy Awards for best song, winning once, for "Baby, It's Cold
Outside".
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