Well the trees were shaking in a terrible wind And my face would have cracked if I'd tried to grin It was the coldest night I've ever spent outside And the frost was biting like a hungry hound My feet were so numb I couldn't feel the ground It was the coldest night I've ever spent outside On my knees You don't know what it's like to be left out alone in the cold On my knees I go down on my knees for a moment or two back at home Still I walked on and on and on Not really going anyplace, just trying to keep warm It's the coldest night I've ever spent outside It drove me insane as the rain tapped my brain It fell to the floor and ran down the drain It was the coldest night I've ever spent outside On my knees You don't know what it's like to be left out alone in the cold On my knees I go down on my knees for a moment or two back at home On my knees Well, if I ain't dead, well, this joke feels like hell And after all, well, how can you tell It was the coldest night I've ever spent outside And it was hard to believe when I woke in a sweat That I wasn't really out in that cruel cold and wet It was the coldest night I've ever spent outside On my knees You don't know what it's like to be left out alone in the cold On my knees I go down on my knees for a moment or two back at home In my bed, rest my head where I'm cozy I've been so cold, baby Cold outside I've been so, so, so cold