I Was Cool

I've always lived by this golden rule

Whatever happens, do not blow your cool

You gotta have nerves of steel

Never let folks know how you honestly feel

I've lived my whole life this way

For example, take yesterday

I breezed home happy bringing her my pay

Her note read, "So long Elmer, I have run away"

I threw myself down across our empty bed

And this is what I said

"Oh Lord, Oh Lord"

But I was cool

I went for a drink at a roadside bar

I got so stoned that I smashed up my car

The judge threw the book at me and when I read

The sentence there I said

"Oh no man, this is dreadfully severe"

But I was cool

I said, "She's the only one that I have to thank"

So I found her and I took my gun and fired point blank

The bullet whistled right on past that old woman's head

Killed my hound dog dead

"Oh, Oh no, I done it again"

As they took me away, I was overheard to say

Be cool, be cool, stay cool, be cool, be

No matter whatever happens to you man

You must always remember to keep your mind

At all times and always stay cool