Ray Charles & Betty Carter
Ray Charles & Betty Carter
Ray Charles & Betty Carter
Ray Charles & Betty Carter
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The song is a call and response duet in which one of the singers (usually performed by a male voice) attempts to convince a guest (usually performed by a female voice) that they should stay together for a romantic evening because the weather is cold and the trip home would be difficult. I know Sid F...
[Verse 1]
[Betty]
I really can't stay
[Ray]
Betty, it's cold outside
[Betty]
I've got to go away
[Ray]
Betty, it's cold out there
[Betty]
This evening has been
[Ray]
Been hoping that you'd drop in
[Betty]
So very nice
[Ray]
I'll hold your hands, they're just like ice
[Betty]
My mother will start to worry
[Ray]
Beautiful, what's you're hurry
[Betty]
And father will be pacing the floor
[Ray]
Listen to that fireplace roar
[Betty]
So really I'd better scurry
[Ray]
Beautiful, please don't hurry
[Betty]
Well, maybe just a half a drink more
[Ray]
Why don't you put some records on while I pour
[Betty]
And the neighbors might think
[Ray]
Betty it's bad out there
[Betty]
Say, what's in this drink?
[Ray]
No cab's to be had out there
[Betty]
I wish I knew how
[Ray]
Your eyes are like starlight now
[Betty]
To break the spell
[Ray]
I'll take your hat, your hair looks swell
[Betty]
I ought to say no, no, no, sir
[Ray]
Mind if I move in closer?
[Betty]
At least I'm gonna say that I tried
[Ray]
What's the sense of hurting my pride?
[Betty]
I really can't stay
Ray]
Baby don't hold out
[Betty]
Ah, but it's cold outside
[Verse 2]
[Betty]
I simply must go
[Ray]
Betty, it's cold outside
[Betty]
The answer is no
[Ray]
I say, it's cold out there
[Betty]
The welcome has been
[Ray]
How lucky that you dropped in
[Betty]
So nice and warm
[Ray]
Look out that window, man that's hard
[Betty]
My sister will be suspicious
[Ray]
Gosh, your lips look delicious
[Betty]
My brother will be there at the door
[Ray]
Waves upon a tropical shore
[Betty]
My maiden aunt's mind is vicious
[Ray]
Gosh, your lips are delicious
[Betty]
Well maybe just a cigarette more
[Ray]
Oh, never such a blizzard before
[Betty]
I've got to go home
[Ray]
Betty, you'll freeze out there
[Betty]
Say, lend me your coat
[Ray]
It's up to your knees out there
[Betty]
You've really been grand
[Ray]
I thrill when you touch my hand
[Betty]
But don't you see
[Ray]
How can you do this thing to me
[Betty]
There's bound to be talk tomorrow
[Ray]
Think of my lifelong sorrow
[Betty]
At least there will be plenty implied
[Ray]
If you caught pneumonia and died
[Betty]
I really can't stay
[Ray]
Get over that old lie
[Betty & Ray]
Ah, but it's cold outside!
Baby, It’s Cold Outside was written by Frank Loesser.
Baby, It’s Cold Outside was produced by Sid Feller.
Carter’s hard work led to a theater tour with Miles Davis, which led to a tour with the famed gospel pianist and singer Ray Charles. In the midst of the latter, Charles asked Carter to do a record with him. “He asked me in Baltimore, in the hallway by the dressing rooms,” she recalled in Pulse! “Aft...