ORiGINAL COOL lyrics

These ones can't be found here at the HVL lyrics section.... so here they go!

“Original Cool”

“SOMETHING ELSE”
Hey look at there
Here she comes
Here comes that girl again
Wanted to date her since I don't know when
She don't notice me when I pass
She goes with other guys that are outta my class
But that can't stop me from a-thinkin' to myself
She's sure fine lookin' man
She's somethin' else

Hey lookee there across the street
There's a car made just for me
To own a car would be a luxury
But right now I can't afford the gas
A brand new convertible is outta my class
But that can't stop me from a-thinkin' to myself
That car's fine lookin' man
It's somethin' else

Hey look at here
Just wait and see
Work hard and save my dough
I've got the car that I've been wantin' so
Get me the girl, we'll go ridin' around
We'll look real sharp with the white top down
I'll keep right on a-dreamin' and a-thinkin' to myself
When it all comes true man, wow
That's somethin' else

Hey lookit here
What's all this
Never thought I'd do this before
Here I am knockin' down your door
My car's out front and baby it's all mine
A '41 Ford not a '59
I got that gal and I'm a-thinkin' to myself
She's sure fine lookin' man, wow
She's somethin' else


“OH BOY”
Well, all of my lovin' all of my kissin'
You don't know what you've been missin', oh boy
Oh boy - When you're with me, oh boy (oh boy)
All the world can see that you were meant for me

All of my life baby I've been waitin'
Tonight there'll be no hesitatin', oh boy
Oh boy - When you're with me, oh boy (oh boy)
All the world can see that you were meant for me

Well, stars appear and shadows are fallin'
You can you hear my heart a-callin'
A little bit of lovin' makes everything right
I'm a-gonna see my baby tonight

Well, all of my lovin' all of my kissin'
You don't know what you've been missin', oh boy
Oh boy - When you're with me, oh boy (oh boy)
Well, all the world can see that you baby baby baby baby were meant for me

Give it up

All of my lovin' all of my kissin'
You don't know what you've been missin', oh boy
Oh boy - When you're with me, oh boy (oh boy)
All the world can see that you were meant for me

All of my life baby I've been waitin'
Tonight it’s gonna be no hesitatin', oh boy
Oh boy - When you're with me, oh boy (oh boy)
All the world can see that you baby baby baby baby were meant for me

Now stars appear and shadows are fallin'
You can you hear my heart a-callin'
A little bit of lovin' makes everything right
I'm a-gonna see my my my baby baby baby tonight

All of my lovin' all of my kissin'
You don't know what you've been missin', oh boy
Oh boy - When you're with me, oh boy (oh boy)
All the world can see that you were meant for me
That you were meant for me


“TWENTY FLIGHT ROCK”
Ooh, well, I got a gal with a record machine
When it comes to rockin' she's a queen
We love to dance on Saturday night
All alone I can hold her tight
But she's lives on the twentieth floor uptown
The elevator's broken down

So I walk 1, 2 flight, 3 flight, 4
5, 6, 7 flight, 8 flight more
Up on the twelfth floor startin' to drag
Fifteenth floor I'm a-ready to sag
Get to the top, I'm too tired to rock

Well, she calls me up on the telephone
Come on over honey, I'm all alone
I said Baby, you're mighty sweet
But I'm in bed with achin' feet
This went on for a couple of days
But I couldn' t stay away

So I walk 1, 2 flight, 3 flight, 4
5, 6, 7 flight, 8 flight more
Up on the twelfth floor startin' to drag
Fifteenth floor I'm a-ready to sag
Get to the top, I'm too tired to rock

We havin' fun yet?

Well, they sent it to Chicago for repairs
Til it’s fixed I'm usin' the stairs
I hope they hurry before it's too late
I want my baby too much to wait
All this a-climbin' is getting' me down
They'll find my corpse draped over a rail

So I walk 1, 2 flight, 3 flight, 4
5, 6, 7 flight, 8 flight more
Up on the twelfth floor startin' to drag
Fifteenth floor I' m a-ready to sag
Get to the top, I' m too tired to rock

Ooh, I got a gal with a record machine
When it comes to rockin' she's a queen
We love to dance on Saturday night
All alone I can hold her tight
But she's lives on the twentieth floor uptown
The elevator's broken down

So I walk 1, 2 flight, 3 flight, 4
5, 6, 7 flight, 8 flight more
Well, up on the twelfth floor startin' to drag
Fifteenth floor I'm a-ready to sag
Get to the top, I'm too tired to rock


“I FOUGHT THE LAW”
Breaking rocks in the hot sun
I fought the law and the law won
I fought the law and the law won

Well, I needed money 'cause I had none
I fought the law and the law won
I fought the law and the law won

Well, I miss my baby and I feel so bad
I guess my race is run
She's the best friend I ever had
I fought the law and the law won
I fought the law and the law won

Well, I'm robbin' people with a six gun
I fought the law and the law won
I fought the law and the law won

Well, I miss my baby and the good fun
I fought the law and the law won
I fought the law and the law won

Well, I miss my baby and I feel so bad
I guess my race is run
She's the best friend I ever had
I fought the law and the law won
I fought the law and the law won
I fought the law and the law won
I fought the law and the law won
I fought the law and the law won
I fought the law and the law won
I fought the law and the law won
I fought the law and the law won

“LONESOME TEARS”
Lonesome tears sad and blue
I cried lonesome tears for you
Well, you know I know I cried
When you said goodbye

When you left and said I'm gone
Lonesome tears fell all night long
Well, you know I know I cried
When you said goodbye

You left me here all alone
Hear me callin', won't you come back home
Love me like you did before
Now need I tell you more

Lonesome tears sad and blue
I cried lonesome tears for you
Well, you know I know I cried
When you said goodbye

You left me here all alone
Hear me callin', won't you come back home
Love me like you did before
Now need I tell you more

Lonesome tears sad and blue
I cried lonesome tears for you
Well, you know I know I cried
When you said goodbye


“YOUR TRUE LOVE”
Your love (your love)
Your true love (your love)
True love baby that's what you give to me

Your love (your love)
Your true love (your love)
True love baby that's what you give to me

Well, God made the world and he made it round
I've got my baby and I'm glad I found
You've got that certain touch
And to me baby, you mean so much

You give me your love (your love)
Your true love (your love)
True love baby that's what you give to me

Your love (your love)
Your true love (your love)
True love baby that's what you give to me

Well, love was made, I don't boast
When he made you, he made the most
When I found you I found that
You give me something baby
I can't forget

You give me your love (your love)
Your true love(your love)
True love baby that's what you give to me

Your love (your love)
Your true love, your love
True love baby that's what you give to me

Your love (your love)
Your true love (your love)
True love baby that's what you give to me

Well the big, the little, young and old
All need somethin' to have and hold
When I found you I found that
You give me something baby
I can't forget

You give me your love (your love)
Your true love (your love)
True love baby that's what you give to me
Oh baby, true love baby
That's what you give to me


“BE BOP A LULA”
Well, Be Bop A Lula, she's my baby
Be Bop A Lula, I don't mean maybe
Be Bop A Lula, she's my baby
Be Bop A Lula, I don't mean maybe
Be Bop A Lula, she's my baby doll, my baby doll, my baby doll
Well, she's the gal in the red blue jeans
She's the queen of all the teens
She's the woman that I know
She's the woman that loves me so

Be Bop A Lula, she's my baby
Be Bop A Lula, I don't mean maybe
Be Bop A Lula, she's my baby doll, my baby doll, my baby doll
Well, he's the woman that's got that beat
She's the woman with the flyin' feet
She's the woman that walks around the store
She's the woman that yells more, more, more, more

Be Bop A Lula, she's my baby
Be Bop A Lula, I don¹t mean maybe
Be Bop A Lula, she's my baby doll, my baby doll, my baby doll
Well, Be Bop A Lula, she's my baby
Be Bop A Lula, I don't mean maybe
Be Bop A Lula, she's my baby
Be Bop A Lula, I don't mean maybe
Be Bop A Lula, she's my baby doll, my baby doll, my baby doll

“BLUE JEAN BOP”
Blue Jean baby
With your big blue eyes
Don't want you looking at other guys
Got to make you give me one more chance

I can't keep still so baby let's dance
Well, Blue Jean bop the bop for me
Well, it's the bop that’s done in dungarees
Dip your hip, free your knees
Spin on your heel baby one, two, three

Blue Jean bop
Blue Jean bop, baby Blue Jean bop
Blue Jean bop, baby Blue Jean bop
Baby won't you bop with me

Well, Blue Jean baby when I bop with you
Well, my heart starts hoppin' like a kangaroo
My feet do things they never done before
Well, Blue Jean baby give me more more more

Blue Jean bop
Blue Jean bop, baby Blue Jean bop
Blue Jean bop, baby Blue Jean bop
Baby won't you bop with me

Well, Blue Jean baby when I bop with you
Well, my heart starts hoppin' like a kangaroo
My feet do things they never done before
Well, Blue Jean baby give me more more more

Blue Jean bop
Blue Jean bop, baby Blue Jean bop
Blue Jean bop, baby Blue Jean bop
Baby won't you bop with me

Blue Jean bop
Blue Jean bop, baby Blue Jean bop
Blue Jean bop, baby Blue Jean bop
Baby won't you bop with me


“CAN’T HELP FALLING IN LOVE”
Wise men say only fools rush in
But I can't help falling in love with you
Shall I stay, would it be a sin
If I can't help falling in love with you
Like the river flows surely to the sea
Darling, so it goes - some things are meant to be
Take my hand, take my whole life too
For I can't help falling in love with you
Like the river flows surely to the sea
Darling, so it goes - some things are meant to be
Take my hand, take my whole life too
For I can't help falling in love with you


“FLYIN’ SAUCERS ROCK N ROLL”
Well, the news of the saucer been flying around
Having a walk I’ve seen it on the ground
First thing I see when I saw it land
A cat jumped out and he started a band

Flying saucer rock and roll
Flying saucer rock and roll
I couldn't understand a thing they said
But the crazy beat just knocked me dead

Well, the little green men they were real hepcats
Rockin' and rollin' to the crazy flats
Brought out a sax and started to blow
Brought out a drum and started to roll

Flying saucer rock and roll
Flying saucer rock and roll
I couldn't understand a thing they said
It was the crazy beat just knocked me dead

Well, I come outta my hidin' and started to rock
The little green men tought me how to do the bop
They were three foot high, we hit a few bars

Flying saucer rock and roll
Flying saucer rock and roll
I couldn't understand a thing they said
It was the crazy beat just knocked me dead


“TRAIN KEPT A ROLLIN’”
I caught a train, I met a dame
She was a hipster and a real gone girl
She was pretty from New York City
And we trucked on down that old fairlane
With a hi and a ho, well I still couldn't let her go

Get along, tricky little woman get along
You better be on your way get along
Sweet little woman get along, be on your way
With a hi and a ho, I just couldn't let her go

Well, the train kept a rollin' (all night long)
Train kept a rollin' (all night long)
Train kept a rollin' (all the night long)
Train kept a rollin' (all night long)
With a hi and a ho, I just couldn't let her go

We made a stop in Albuquerque
She musta thought that I was real gone jerk
We got off the train at El Paso
But love was so good Jack, I couldn't let her go
So get along, I just couldn't let her go

Well, the train kept a rollin' (all night long)
Train kept a rollin' (all night long)
Train kept a rollin' (all the night long)
Train kept a rollin' (all night long)
With a hi and a ho, I still couldn't let her go
Well, the train kept a rollin' (all night long)
Train kept a rollin' (all night long)
Train kept a rollin' (all the night long)
Train kept a rollin' (all night long)
With a hi and a ho, I still couldn't let her go


“STOOD UP”
Well, I've been waiting ever since eight
I guess my baby's got another date
Stood up broken hearted again

Well, I'll bet she's out having a ball
Not even thinking of me at all
Stood up broken hearted again

Well, I know just what I ought do
I ought find somebody new
But baby I couldn't forget about you
Stood up broken hearted again
Stood up broken hearted again

Why must I always be the one
Left behind never having any fun
Stood up broken hearted again

I guess I'll go on being a fool
Sitting around just waiting for you
Stood up broken hearted again

Well, I know just what I ought do
I ought find somebody new
But baby I couldn't forget about you
Stood up broken hearted again

Well, I know just what I ought do
I ought find somebody new
But baby I couldn't forget about you
Stood up broken hearted again
Stood up broken hearted again
Stood up broken hearted again


“LET IT ROCK”
In the heat of the day, down in Mobile, Alabama
Working on the railroad with a steel driving hammer
Gotta make some money buy some brand new shoes
Gotta find somebody to take away these blues
She don't love me, hear me singing in the sun
Pay day's coming when the work is all done

Early in the evening when the sun is sinking low
All day I've been waiting for the whistle to blow
Sitting in a teepee building right on the tracks
Rolling them bones till the foreman comes back
Pick up your belongings, boys scattered around
We gotta all set the train coming two miles out

Everybody's scampering and jumping around
Picking up the money tearing the teepee down
A foreman is in panic about to go insane
Trying to get the workers outa the way of the train
The engineer's blowing his whistle loud and long
You can't stop the train you gotta let it roll on

Roll on, roll on, roll on
Let it rock, let it rock
Roll on, roll on, roll on boy


“TRYING TO GET TO YOU”
I've been travelling over mountains
Even through the valleys too
I've been travelling night and day
I've been running all the way
Baby, trying to get to you

Ever since I read your letter
Where you said you love me true
I've been travelling night and day
I've been running all the way
Baby, trying to get to you

When I read your loving letter
Then my heart began to sing
There were many miles between us
But they didn't mean a thing

I just had to reach you baby
In spite of all that I've been through
I kept travelling night and day
I kept running all the way
Baby, trying to get to you

There was nothing that could hold me
Or keep me away from you
When your loving letter told me
That you really love me true

Lord above me knows I love you
It was he who brought me through
When my way was dark as night
He would shine his brightest light
Baby, trying to get to you

If I had to do it over
That's exactly what I'd do
I would travel night and day
I would still run all the way
When I was trying to get to you


“CHET DITTY (HIDDEN CHARMS)”

-- Instrumental --

There is a little something missing in this album. I don't know exactly what.
Some of this covers are wonderful :
- Twenty Flight Rock (with the two solos - first in Rock, second in Jazz like Brian at this moment)
- Be-Bop-A-Lula is perfect too
- Chet Ditty (the shortest Stray Cats track !), Your True Love, Let It Roll

Maybe it's because it came just after Choo Choo Hot Fish, a real rich album with tough originals. I don't know.
This said, it's a good rockin' record. It's just that... From Stray Cats, we could wait for "more".
The problem is that... At this day, it's still the last (studio) record. So... Come on guys, make us a new album with originals. Choo Choo Hot Fish needs a "little brother", no ?

Choochoohothub wrote:

So... Come on guys, make us a new album with originals. Choo Choo Hot Fish needs a "little brother", no ?

YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

FrenchyCat

Choochoohothub wrote:

There is a little something missing in this album. I don't know exactly what.
Some of this covers are wonderful :
- Twenty Flight Rock (with the two solos - first in Rock, second in Jazz like Brian at this moment)
- Be-Bop-A-Lula is perfect too
- Chet Ditty (the shortest Stray Cats track !), Your True Love, Let It Roll

Maybe it's because it came just after Choo Choo Hot Fish, a real rich album with tough originals. I don't know.
This said, it's a good rockin' record. It's just that... From Stray Cats, we could wait for "more".
The problem is that... At this day, it's still the last (studio) record. So... Come on guys, make us a new album with originals. Choo Choo Hot Fish needs a "little brother", no ?

Totally agree with you my sweet & dear Hub.

I like "Original cool" very much. It is one of my favorites.
The songs are very well performed and the Sound of Brians guitar is amazing.

It`s a great alltime record

I've never liked this album very much, to be honest. It's not that I don't like the original songs, but I expected the Cats to record those classics as they were performing them live, more or less.

The "I fought the law" version included as B-side on "Bring It Back Again" is definetely much better than the one on "Original Cool".

I personally think that Original Cool lacks the power the Cats used to get us used to it.

Now that I've mentioned "Bring It Back"... have you folks realised that that's the only Stray Cats song without a guitar solo????

JonPascual wrote:

Now that I've mentioned "Bring It Back"... have you folks realised that that's the only Stray Cats song without a guitar solo????

No, never heard of this...


Original Cool Brett

Lee and/or Brian said it each time before playing that song this last years...

JonPascual wrote:

Now that I've mentioned "Bring It Back"... have you folks realised that that's the only Stray Cats song without a guitar solo????

Jon, off the top of my head, another couple of songs without guitar solos are -
Lookin' Better Every Beer
My Heart Is A Liar

and these two songs also have no guitar solos but they do have sax solos -
Look At That Cadillac
Lonely Summer Nights

I guess I should check for others

Oh yes, you're completely right!!
Absolutely my mistake!