Louis Armstrong - Baby, It's Cold Outside Lyrics
As recorded live with velma middleton 1949 (louis in parenthesis)I really cant stay(mama, its cold outside)Ive got to go way(I said, its cold outside)I wish I knew how(tickled to death that you dropped in)To break this spell(you better break that spell..a-vo-tu)My mother will start to worry(mama, whats your hurry)Father will be pacin the floor(hes gotta go...hes gotta go)Really Id better hurry(please dont hurry)Well maybe just a half a drink more**(take some swiss kriss while I pour)The neighbors might think(mama, its bad out there)Hey pops, whats in this drink(aint no fun to be had out there, you know)This evenin has been( it is outta here.....)So nice and fine(take another drink-a-wine...andMaybe youll change your mind)I ought to say no, no, no, sir(you dont have to call me sir)At least Im gonna say that I tried(give it up...give it up...give it up)I really cant stay(and, dont hold out)*both* ahh, but its cold outside(look-a there honey...look at that window there...you cant goOut there in all that bad weather take a look...............you lookinAt the wrong window anyway...........thats a bay window there........See the one thats in the middle there.......yeah the one thats boardedUp...thats an out house there..........aint no usein you goin out thereIn all that bad weather...gettin them two little skis all frosted up)Yeah well pops, I didnt tell mama and papa where I was goin(you did what)In fact, I sneaked outta the house(oh, velma, dont never do that to your mama and papa......stay hereThree more days then you go back home to your people there)Theres bound to be talk tommorow(what about my sorrow)At least there will be plenty implied(yeah, you tellin me)I really cant stay(an-bol-eh-do-as)*both* ahh but its cold outsideHey pops, Id really like to stick around(yeah I wish you would)But I live so far...i live way over on the other side of town....over inThe aristocratic part...way over........................(where would that be honey)Over on jackson street(she been in town two hours and she done found out whereJackson street is.....................yes indeed folks this is the place.....You know where you can get two drinks for forty cents here......then youCome outta the gate and fall flat-a-your face.....thats what you do)(yeah your shoes are loosey...and lets get juicy)*both* yeah, but it? s cold(bah-da-da-dat) outside(bah-ba-da-do-de-da-da-day)
