COOL COOL KISSES
Ford / Martin

as recorded by Helen O'Connell & Tennessee Ernie Ford  1950


[tef]
I'll take the cold potatas that you feed me from a can,
Don't mind the dirty dishes that you stack up in the pan!
[ho'c]
I'll put up with your clothes a-hangin' on my favourite chair,
[both]
But your cool cool kisses are more than I can bear!

[ho'c]
Don't mind that smelly pipe that's always stickin' in your face!
[tef]
Don't mind your shoes and stockin's always scattered 'round the place!
[ho'c]
I'll put up wth the cigarettes you put out on the floor!
[both]
But your cool cool kisses I just won't take no more!

I don't know what you're doin' but you're killin' my desire,
Maybe you're just tryin' out a game!
The kisses that you gave me used to set my soul on fire,
Till you started throwin' water on the flame!

[ho'c]
Don't mind the way you beat me every time we have a fight,
Don't mind your dissipatin' and your stayin' out all night!
[tef]
I'll put up with a lot o' things the best way that I can,
[both]
But your cool cool kisses are more than I can stand!

[ho'c]
I don't know what you're doin' but you're killin' my desire,
Maybe you're just tryin' out a game!
[tef]
The kisses that you gave me used to set my soul on fire,
Till you started throwin' water on the flame!

[ho'c]
Don't mind the way you beat me every time we have a fight,
Don't mind your dissipatin' and your stayin' out all night!
[tef]
I'll put up with a lot o' things the best way that I can,
[both]
But your cool cool kisses are more than I can stand!

[tef]
You can give me cold potatas, hang your stockin's in the shower!
[ho'c]
I'll light your smelly pipe and clean your shotgun by the hour!
[tef]
I'll warm up my kisses!
[ho'c]
I'll make mine warmer too!
[both]
'Cause those cool cool kisses will never never do!



(Transcribed by Peter Akers - December 2012)