Something Cool (From 'Something Cool') - June Christy

Something cool

I’d like to order something cool

It’s so warm here in town

And this heat gets me down

And I’d like something cool

My, it’s nice

To simply sit and rest awhile

Now I know it’s a shame

I can’t think of your name

I remember your smile

Well, I don’t ordinarily drink

With strangers

I most usually just drink alone

But you were so awfully nice to ask me

And I’m so terribly far from home

Like my dress, well, I must confess

It’s very old

Hey, but it’s simple and neat

And it’s just right for this heat

save my furs for the cold

A cigarette, no, well I don’t smoke them

As a rule

But, I’ll have one, it might be fun

With something cool

I’ll bet you couldn’t imagine

that I one time had a house

With so many rooms

I couldn’t count them all

I bet you wouldn’t imagine

But I had fifteen different beaus

Who would beg and beg to take me to a ball

And I bet you couldn’t picture me

The time I went to Paris in the fall

Oh who would think the guy I loved

Was quite so handsome and quite so tall

Well, it’s through, it’s through

That was just a memory I had

One I guess I almost forgot

Oh, 'cause the weather’s so hot

And I’m feeling so bad

About a date

Oh wait, I’m such a fool

He’s just a guy who stopped to buy me

Something cool