[Verse 1: Stephin Merritt] You need someone thoroughly sadistic With a less appealing face and form Someone who comes home and goes ballistic
[Chorus 1: Stephin Merritt (Claudia Gonson)] You need a cold-blooded man (In a serial-killer van) You need a cold-blooded man to keep you warm
[Verse 2: Stephin Merritt] Someone unfashionably fascistic Randomly selected from the dorm One without one good characteristic
[Chorus 2: Stephin Merritt (Claudia Gonson)] You need a cold-blooded man (I should have known when we began) You need a cold-blooded man to keep you warm
[Verse 3: Stephin Merritt] One who likes his girlfriends masochistic Too stupid to come in from the storm Someone who could make you a statistic
[Chorus 3: Stephin Merritt (Claudia Gonson)] You need a cold-blooded man (And then you'll need a CAT scan) You need a cold-blooded man to keep you warm