But I Was Cool

But I Was Cool - Oscar Brown, Jr.

Written by：O. Brown/J

I've always lived by this golden rule

Whatever happens don't blow your cool

You've got to have nerves of steel

Never show folks how you honestly feel

I've lived my whole life this way

For example take yesterday

I breezed home happy

Brining her my pay

Her note read so long sappy

I have ran away

I threw myself down across our empty bed

And this is what I said

But I was cool

So I one for the road it

At an all night bar

Wound up so loaded

I tore up my car

The judge threw the book at me

And when I read his sentence there I said

But I was cool

So I said she's the only one I have to thank

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

The shot whistled straight passed that woman's head

And killed my hound dog dead

As they carried me away

I was overhead to say

Be cool at cool stay cool keep cool

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