Madness

Coldest Day

Madness


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.