Elmer Gantry's Velvet Opera - I Was Cool lyrics

I've always lived by this golden rule: Whatever happens, do not blow your cool You've gotta have nerves out of steel Never let folks know how you honestly feel I've lived my whole life this way For example, take yesterday: I breezed home happy, bringing her my pay Her note read: "So long Elmer, I have run away." I threw myself down across our empty bed This is what I said: Ooowww, oh nooooo… But I was cool! I went for a drink at a roadside bar I got so stoned that I smashed up my car The judge threw the book at me And when I read the sentence there I said: Oh no, man, you just can't do this to me… But I was cool! I said, she's the only one that I have to thank So I found her and I took my gun and fired point-blank The bullet whistled right on past that old woman's head k**ed my hound dog dead Oooooh, oh no, not again… As they took me away I was overheard to say: Be cool, keep cool, stay cool, be cool, be… No matter whatever happens to you man, You must always remember to keep your mind at all times And always stay cool!