Be Cool, Be Calm (and Keep Yourself Together)

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[00:01.23] Whoo! Girl, I've been cryin' ever since you left [00:04.78] My mama told me, "Get a hold of yourself and [00:08.41] Be cool, calm and keep yourself together" [00:14.14] She said, "Be cool, be calm and keep yourself together" ha, ha, ha [00:22.82] "Sugar plum, you're really cool [00:25.41] And it just don't help to cry" [00:28.86] So I wiped my tears away, the other day [00:32.26] And hung my handkerchief up to dry [00:35.65] Then I changed my style, puttin' on a smile [00:39.01] And went out to face the world [00:42.47] The smile I wear say, "Ha, I don't care that I just lost my girl" [00:49.22] But I still get that old yearnin' [00:52.29] Can't be cool when my heart is burnin' [00:56.13] I still get that old feelin' [00:59.12] Can't be calm when my head is reelin' [01:02.67] I say, "Mother dear, see here, see here [01:07.39] Tell me now, what shall I do? [01:10.60] Can't have that girl and I love her true" [01:13.31] She said, "When things give up, be manly 'nough [01:16.63] To be cool, calm, and keep yourself together" [01:21.92] That's what my mama said [01:23.90] "Be cool, calm, and keep yourself together" ha, ha [01:31.49] Sugar pie, you said goodbye [01:34.06] And I cried myself to sleep [01:37.46] That's when my mother said, "Don't lose your head, son [01:41.44] It just don't help to weep" [01:44.31] Now I'm the great pretender [01:46.37] I don't surrender to what I feel inside [01:51.41] I'm the life of the crowd, and ha, I left my blood [01:55.12] But it's all a fake disguise [01:58.14] 'Cause I still feel my heart poundin' [02:01.54] Hard to be cool when you come around me [02:05.21] I still feel my heart purrin' [02:08.35] Hard to be calm when my insides stirrin' [02:11.69] I say, "Mother dear, see here, see here [02:16.53] Tell me now which way to go [02:19.96] Can't have that girl and I love her so" [02:22.45] She said, "Whenever you're blue, whatever you do [02:26.29] Be cool, calm, and keep yourself together" [02:31.22] That's what my mama said [02:33.37] "Be cool, calm, and keep yourself together" [02:38.28]