He just turned seventeen When the moment came He was standing on the corner In the pouring rain She pulled up along side And rolled the window down And said "can i drive you To some part of town" He's sitting beside her With a great big smile The lady had cla** It stood out a mile His heart was beating Like a big ba** drum Thinking at last His time had finally come He started talkin' fast Trying to loosen up But he just felt kinda stupid So he shut up She said "don't think i'm fast 'cause i'm really not" But his fever went all wild It was getting hot She pulled into the driveway Of a big brown stone He was champing at the bit And then her heart be told She said "my husband's working He'll be gong all day" But he couldn't believe it When he heard himself say I'm getting cold feet I'm getting cold feet Lady don't ya hear me talking to you Hey there's something that you can do I'm so nervous i just might shoot you I've got them cold, cold feet Well a couple years on And our hero's grown He's a professional musician With a band of his own Hadn't had much luck With the girls that he meets Might get another case of terminal cold feet He met a girl not too long ago She thought she could change him But it wasn't so As soon as she mentioned long term romance He went into that same old song and dance I'm getting cold feet C-c-c-c-c- cold feet I'm getting cold feet C -c-c-c-c- cold feet Mamma don't ya hear me talkin' to you No ain't there something that you can do I'm so nervous i just might shoot you I've got cold, cold, cold, cold Upset about it Cold, cold, cold, cold You know i gottem' Cold, cold, cold, cold Said i've got them cold, cold feet He increased his quota Of one night stands It was kind of a complex You understand He would treat'em real mean He was low down and dirty Now he's gotta make some changes Cause he's nearly thirty Cause see he had a dream Just the other night He was standing in god's ever present light And god said, "i'd like to let your life run it's coarse But you'd understand i'm having second thoughts" I'm getting cold feet C-c-c-c- cold feet I'm getting cold feet C-c-c-c- cold feet Richard don't ya here me talking to you I think you know what you have to do You gotta make some changes You got them Cold, cold, cold, cold They're getting rigid Cold, cold, cold, cold You're getting frigid Cold, cold, cold, cold I said you got them cold, cold feet