| Girl I’ve been cryin' ever since you left
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| My mama told me get a hold of yourself
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| And be cool, calm and keep yourself together
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| She said be cool, calm and keep yourself together, ha ha ha, ha Sugar plum you’re really gold
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| And it just don’t help to cry
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| So I wiped my tears away the other day
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| And strung my handkerchief up to dry
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| Then I changed my style puttin' on a smile
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| And went out to face the world
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| The smile I wear see, ha, I don’t care that I just lost my girl
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| But I still get that old yearnin'
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| Can’t be cool when my heart is burnin'
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| I still get that old feelin'
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| Can’t be calm when my head is reelin'
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| I say mother dear see here, see here
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| Tell me now what shall I do Can’t have that girl and I love her true
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| She said when things give up be manly
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| Now to be cool, calm, and keep yourself together
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| That’s what my mama said
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| Be cool, calm, and keep yourself together, ha ha Sugar pie you said goodbye
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| And I cried myself to sleep
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| That’s when my mother said don’t lose your head son
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| It just don’t help to weep
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| Now I’m the great pretender
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| I don’t surrender to what I feel inside
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| I’m the life of the crowd, and ha, I left my blood
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| But it’s all a fake disguise
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| 'Cause I still hear my heart poundin'
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| Hard to be cool when you come around me I still feel my heart purrin'
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| Hard to be calm when my insides stirrin'
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| I say mother dear see here, see here
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| 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
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| That’s what my mama said
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| Be cool, calm, and keep yourself together |