No I never heard through the grapevine

How you left long before your time

But in France on the radio

I could not understand a word

But I felt you go

We waited all night for the midnight lover's calling

It was the coldest day of the year

And I'm still thawing



I didn't sleep a wink

But while radio played

I was day dreaming

Of what might have been

While the cold night air was freezing



The coldest night

The coldest day of the year



What is happening mother father please

Who will save us from the autumn breeze

Shivering to a halt no one wants to speak too soon

Although we all knew under the pale blue moon

The pale moon

The pale blue moon



What happens then when the sun goes down

Tell me what's the word Johannesburg

When the rent goes up and the lights go down

On the coldest day outside the coldest town

We waited all night and I'm still falling



I didn't sleep a wink

But while radio played

I was day dreaming

Of what might have been

While the cold night air was freezing



The coldest night

The coldest day of the year



The coldest night

The coldest day of the year



The coldest night, day, year