[Intro, spoken]
By '49, Oscar was in the mood for something more sophisticated. So when a film called Neptune's Daughter featured Frank Loesser's "Baby, It's Cold Outside", which was less about the weather than the title implies, it "went easy" as the sportsmen say
Uh, Junie?

[Verse 1]
I really can't stay (But baby it's cold outside)
I've got to away (But baby it's cold outside)
This evening has been (So happy that you'd dropped 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)
My father will bе pacing the floor (Listen to the firеplace roar)
So really I'd better scurry (Beautiful, please don't hurry)
Well maybe just a half a drink more (Put some records on while I pour)
The neighbors might think (But 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 starlit sin)
Some crazy spell (I'll take your hat, your hair looks swell)
I ought to say "No, no, no sir" (Ya mind if I move in closer?)
At least I'm gonna say that I tried (What's the sense of hurting my pride?)

[Chorus]
I really can't stay (Oh, baby don't hold out)
Ah but it's cold outside