Cool Down Boy

Music & Lyrics by Garland Jeffreys

From the album Ghost Writer (A& M Records, 1977)

Oh little Willie John

He’s been up all night

He’s got his rockin’ shoes on

Until broad daylight

He’s been raisin’ cane

With the pretty girls uptown

They’ve been raisin’ cane

Unto the rock ‘n’ roll sound

So cool down boy, cool down

Cool down boy,

Everybody say, cool down,

cool down boy

Here comes the sun

There go the night

And like a silent gun

Oh out goes the streetlight

But no love is lost

Between the black and white

We got rock an’ roll music

No sign of a streetfight

So cool down boy, cool down

Cool down boy

Everybody say, cool down boy,

cool down

Cool down boy

All the people say, cool down boy,

cool down

Cool down boy

Everybody gonna, cool down boy,

cool down

Cool down boy

Cool down boy

I say cool down boy

Cool down boy

That’s what my father he tell me

most every night

Cool down boy

That’s what my mother she tell me

most everyday

Cool down boy

That’s what the teachers in school

they tell me they say

Cool down boy

Just when I wanna have my fun

they say

Cool down boy

I hear the same ugly words

from everyone

Cool down boy

Ever since I was five years old

they say

Cool down boy

Ever since I was six years old

they say

Cool down boy

GARLAND JEFFREYS – Lead and Harmony Vocals

ALAN FREEDMAN – Electric Guitar

STEVE GADD – Drums

DON GROLNICK – Electric Piano

ANTHONY JACKSON – Bass

HUGH McCRACKEN – Electric Guitar

LEON PENDARVIS – Clavinet

JAMES TAYLOR – Duet and Bass Vocal Harmonies

DAVID LASLEY – Harmonies

LYNNE PITNEY – Harmonies

ARNOLD McCULLER – Harmonies