Robert Palmer

Released: October 20, 1992

Featuring: Carnie Wilson

Songwriter: Frank Loesser

Producer: Robert Palmer Teo Macero

I really can't stay (Baby it's cold outside)
I've got to go away (Baby it's cold out there)
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?)
Daddy will be pacing the floor (Listen to that fireplace roar)
So really I'd better scurry (Beautiful, please don't hurry)
Well maybe just a half a drink more (Why don't you put some music 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, sir )Mind if I move a little closer)
At least I'm gonna say that I tried (What's the sense of hurting my pride)
I really can't stay (Baby don't hold out)
Oh, but it's cold outside

I simply must go (Baby, it's cold outside)
The answer is no (I say, it's cold out there)
The welcome has been (How lucky that you dropped in)
So nice and warm (Look out that window at that storm)
My sister will be suspicious (Gosh, your lips look delicious)
My brother will be there at the door (Waves upon a tropical shore)
My maiden aunt's mind is vicious (Gosh, your lips are delicious)
Well, maybe just a cigarette more (Oh, never such a blizzard before)
I've got to get home (Baby, you'll freeze out there)
Say, can I use your phone (It's up to your knees out there)
You've really been grand (Thrill when you touch my hand)
But 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 old out)
Ahh, but it's cold outside
Baby it's cold outside

Robert Allen Palmer (19 January 1949 – 26 September 2003) was an English singer-songwriter[1] and musician. He was known for his distinctive soulful voice, eclectic mix of musical styles on his albums, combining soul, jazz, rock, pop, reggae and blues and sartorial acumen. He found success both in his solo career and with the Power Station, and had Top 10 songs in both the UK and the US.

His iconic music videos directed by British fashion photographer Terence Donovan for the hits “Addicted to Love” and “Simply Irresistible” featured identically dressed dancing women with pale faces, dark eye makeup and bright red lipstick, which resembled the women in the art of Patrick Nagel, an artist popular in the 1980s. Palmer’s involvement in the music industry commenced in the 1960s, covered four decades and included a spell with Vinegar Joe.

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