Be Cool Be Calm (And Keep Yourself Together)

Whoo! Girl, I've been cryin' ever since you left

My mama told me, "Get a hold of yourself and

Be cool, calm and keep yourself together"

She said, "Be cool, be calm and keep yourself together" ha, ha, ha

"Sugar plum, you're really cool

And it just don't help to cry"

So I wiped my tears away, the other day

And hung my handkerchief up to dry

Then I changed my style, puttin' on a smile

And went out to face the world

The smile I wear say, "Ha, I don't care that I just lost my girl"

But I still get that old yearnin'

Can't be cool when my heart is burnin'

I still get that old feelin'

Can't be calm when my head is reelin'

I say, "Mother dear, see here, see here

Tell me now, what shall I do?

Can't have that girl and I love her true"

She said, "When things give up, be manly 'nough

To be cool, calm, and keep yourself together"

That's what my mama said

"Be cool, calm, and keep yourself together" ha, ha

Sugar pie, you said goodbye

And I cried myself to sleep

That's when my mother said, "Don't lose your head, son

It just don't help to weep"

Now I'm the great pretender

I don't surrender to what I feel inside

I'm the life of the crowd, and ha, I left my blood

But it's all a fake disguise

'Cause I still feel my heart poundin'

Hard to be cool when you come around me

I still feel my heart purrin'

Hard to be calm when my insides stirrin'

I say, "Mother dear, see here, see here

Tell me now which way to go

Can't have that girl and I love her so"

She said, "Whenever you're blue, whatever you do

Be cool, calm, and keep yourself together"

That's what my mama said

"Be cool, calm, and keep yourself together"