He just turned seventeen when the moment came

He was standing on the corner in the pouring rain

She pulled up alongside and rolled the window down and said

Can I drive you in some part of town?

He swayed in beside her with a great big smile

The lady had class and stood out a mile

His heart was beating like a big bass drum

Thinking at last his time had come



He started talking fast, tryin' to loosen up

But it just felt kinda stupid so he shut up

She said "Don't think I'm fast, 'cos I'm really not"

But it's fever, in a while it was gettin' hot

She pulled in to the driveway of a big brown stone

He was jumpin' at the bed and in to husk his own

She said "my husband's workin', here we got all day"

But he couldn't believe it when he heard himself say



I'm gettin' cold feet, I'm gettin' cold feet, I'm gettin' cold feet

Lady don't you hear me talkin' to you, ain't there something that you can do

I'm so nervous, I just might shit through, I've got them cold cold feet



Well a couple of years on and our hero's grown

He's a professional musician with a band of his own

Hadn't had much luck with the girls that he meets

Some of them's gettin' him a case of treminal cold feet

He met a girl not too long ago, she thought she could change him

But it wasn't so

As soon as she meant she'd long-term romance

He went into that same old song and dance



I'm gettin' cold feet, c-c-c-c-c-cold feet, I'm gettin' cold feet

Mama don't you hear me talkin' to you

Lord ain't there something that you can do

I'm so nervous, I just might shit through

I've got cold, cold, cold, cold, said I got them cold, cold, cold, cold

Oh I've got them cold, cold, cold, cold, said I've got them cold, cold feet



He increased his quota of one night stands

It was some kind of a complex, you understand

He would treat 'em real mean, he was low down 'n' dirty

Now he's gotta make some changes 'cos he's nearly thirty

You see, he had a dream just the other night

He was standing in Gods under press of light

God said, "I'd like to let your life run its course

But you'll understand me havin' second thoughts"



I'm gettin' cold feet, c-c-c-c-c-cold feet

I'm gettin' cold feet, c-c-c-c-c-cold feet

Richard don't you hear me talkin' to you, I think you know what you have to do

You gotta make some changes



You got the cold, cold, cold, cold

You're gettin' pretty cold, cold, cold, cold

You're gettin' fridgy cold, cold, cold, cold

I said you got them cold, cold feet



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