Something Cool Lyrics - Rickie Lee Jones

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, just to sit down and rest awhile 

Hey, you know it's a shame 

But I can't think of your name 

But I remember your smile 

Well, I don't ordinarily drink 

With strangers 

I guess I usually just, just drink alone 

But you were so 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 

Hey, I will save my furs for the cold 

A cigarette, no I don't smoke them as a rule 

But, I'll have one, it might be fun with something 

I'll bet you wouldn't imagine 

But I once had a house with so many rooms 

I couldn't count them all 

Yeah, I know you wouldn't imagine 

But I had fifteen different guys 

Who would beg and beg to take me to a ball 

And I know you wouldn'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