Be Cool Be Calm (And Keep Yourself Together) - Stevie Wonder

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