Lyrics:

Now I?ve always lived by this golden rule
What ever happens don?t blow your cool
You gotta have nerves of steel
And never show folks how you honesty feel
I?ve lived my whole life this way
For example take yesterday

I breezed home happy bringing him my pay
His note read 'So long sappy, I have run away'.
I threw myself down across our empty bed
And this is what 'Shoot'
But I was cool

So I one-for-the-road-it at an all night bar
Wound up so loaded that I tore up my car
The judge threw the book at me
And when read the sentence there I said
'Aw, no, not again'
But I was cool

So I said he?s the only one I have to thank
And I found him and pulled my gun fired point blank
The shot whistled straight past that man?s head
And kill my hound dog dead
'Hoooo, hoo, hoo'
And as they carried me away
I was over heard to say
'Be cool, play cool, stay cool, keep cool
Coooool, coool'
But I was cool

(play it cool)
(be cool)