Lyrics:

I really can't stay
(mama, it's cold outside)
I've got to go way
(I said, it's 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, what's your hurry)
Father will be pacin' the floor
(he's gotta go...he's gotta go)
Really I'd better hurry
(please don't hurry)
Well maybe just a half a drink more
**(take some 'swiss kriss' while I pour)
The neighbors might think
(mama, it's bad out there)
Hey pops, what's in this drink
(ain't 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...and
Maybe you'll change your mind)
I ought to say no, no, no, sir
(you don't have to call me sir)
At least I'm gonna say that I tried
(give it up...give it up...give it up)
I really can't stay
(and, don't hold out)
*both* ahh, but it's cold outside

(look-a there honey...look at that window there...you can't go
Out there in all that bad weather take a look...............you
lookin'
At the wrong window anyway...........that's a bay window
there........
See the one that's in the middle there.......yeah the one that's
boarded
Up...that's an out house there..........ain't no usein you goin
out there
In all that bad weather...gettin' them two little skis all
frosted up)
Yeah well pops, I didn't tell mama and papa where I was goin
(you did what)
In fact, I sneaked outta the house
(oh, velma, don't never do that to your mama and papa......stay
here
Three more days then you go back home to your people there)
There's bound to be talk tommorow
(what about my sorrow)
At least there will be plenty implied
(yeah, you tellin' me)
I really can't stay
(an-bol-eh-do-as)
*both* ahh but it's cold outside