Come In From The Cold Lyrics - Night Ride Home - Joni Mitchell

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 from the cold 

(we were so young) 

Oh come in 

Come in from the cold 

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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 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 

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I feel your leg 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 so 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 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) 

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 

200 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 purpose 

Then I thought I had some choice 

(I was running blind) 

And I made some value judgments 

In a self-important voice 

(I was outa 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 

(you were so kind) 

Please come in 

(so kind) 

Come in from the cold 

Come in come in 

Come in from the cold