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, calm and keep yourself together, ha ha ha, ha Sugar plum you're really gold And it just don't help to cry So I wiped my tears away the other day And strung 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 see, 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 Now 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 hear 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
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, calm and keep yourself together, ha ha ha, ha Sugar plum you're really gold And it just don't help to cry So I wiped my tears away the other day And strung 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 see, 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 Now 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 hear 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
