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Cold Swedish WinterI met her in a snowstormI was outdoors plowing She just walked up to me and said "Hey boy, how's it going?" I admired her straight-forwardness And brushed away my fringe As a signal of well-being And accepting her challenge We went home to her place And cooked up some chili Warmed us from the inside Cause the outside was chilly We had to be quiet To not wake up her family But I made a high-pitched sound When her cold fingers touched me She said "shhh Please, be quiet I know you don't want to But please, deny it" She said "shhh Please, be quiet I know you don't want to But please, deny it" When people think of Sweden I think they have the wrong idea Like Cliff Richard who thought it was just Porn and gonorrhea And Lou Reed said in the film "Blue in the Face" That compared to New York City Sweden was a scary place They seem to have a point After meeting with this girl Maybe not Cliff Richard But Lou has surely met her The doubt in her eyes When I said I wanted to kiss her For the sake of liking her And not because of the blizzard She said "shhh Please, be quiet I know you don't want to But please, deny it" She said "shhh Please, be quiet I know you don't want me But please, deny it Cause the cold Swedish winter Is right outside And I just want somebody To hold me through the night The cold Swedish winter Is right outside And I just want somebody To hold me through the night" In two thousand years This place will be covered by ice And the people who will dig us up Will be in for a big surprise After carefully studying Our calcium-nourished bones They'll find enclosed Our hearts of stone Singing the cold Swedish winter Is right outside And I just want somebody To hold me through the night The cold Swedish winter Is right outside And I just want somebody To hold me through the night |