CD Lyrics
    Albert Collins
    Don't Lose Your Cool
    Label: Alligator Records ALCD 4730
    Date: 1983
    Length: 40:09 minutes
    Transcriber: Anita Cantor
    1999 KBA Award Winner
    Achievement for Blues on the Internet
    Presented by the Blues Foundation
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    CD Cover Art

    Performer Credits:
    Larry Burton : Guitar
    Albert Collins : Guitar, Vocals
    Chris Foreman : Keyboards
    Johnny B. Gayden : Bass
    Carey Jones : Drums, Vocals
    Casey Jones : Drums, Vocals
    Abe Locke : Sax (Alto), Sax (Tenor)
    A.C. Reed : Sax (Tenor)
    Dino Spells : Sax (Alto), Sax (Tenor)
    Production Credits:
    Fred Breitberg : Engineer, Mixing
    Albert Collins : Main Performer, Performer, Producer
    Bruce Iglauer : Producer
    Casey Jones : Arranger
    Dick Shurman : Producer
    Michael Weinstein : Photography

    
    
    1.  Get To Gettin'  (Price)
    
    Get to gettin'
    Get to gettin'
    Get to gettin', get to gettin'
    Take your baby home, pet her an' put her in bed
    
    Get to gettin'
    Get to gettin'
    Get to gettin', get to gettin'
    Take your baby home , pet her an' put her in the bed
    Don't give me no trouble woman
    Ya heard just what I said
    
    Don't talk about that baby
    'Cause you know just what I'll do
    Don't talk about that baby
    'Cause you know just what I'll do
    I'll grab you woman, 'an do the mess-around with you
    
    Get to gettin'
    Get to gettin'
    Take your baby home, pet her an' put her in bed 
    
    Get to gettin'
    Get to gettin'
    Take you baby home, pet her an' put her in bed
    Don't give me no trouble woman
    You heard just what I said
    
    (Get to gettin') 
    
    (Just gettin')
    
    (Get to gettin')
    (Get to gettin')
    (Get to gettin')
    (Get to gettin')
    
    Don't tell me baby, was your cousin on the telephone
    Don't tell me baby, was your cousin on the telephone
    Well I know you lyin', 'cause yours been dead 'long time
    
    (Get to gettin')
    (Get to gettin')
    (Get to gettin')
    (Get to gettin')
    (Get to gettin')
    (Get to gettin')
    
    It's you Hey!
    
    2.  My Mind Is Trying To Leave Me  (Albert Collins)
    
    I went to breakfast this mo'nin, down to the corner bar
    I thought I heard my baby call my name, an' it came from so far
    I started runnin' an' answerin', like a crazy fool would do
    Aha, ya' see, my woman gone away an' left me
    An' now my mind is tryin' to leave me too
    
    Now my friend stepped out the bar
    An' stopped me an' offered me a drink 
    I went in an' had a double
    An' I began to think  about my baby
    Aha, like a crazy fool would do
    You see, my woman gone away an' left me
    An' now my mind is tryin' to leave me too
    
    Oh! 
    
    (Sax Solo by Abb Locke)
    
    Ha-ah, I went into the barber shop an' ordered ham an' eggs
    An each barber gave me fifty cent
    They thought I was tryin' to beg
    An' I started cryin' like a baby (like a baby, ha)
    Like any fool would do
    You see my woman gone away an' left me
    An' now my mind is tryin' to leave me, too
    
    3.  Broke  (Albert Collins)
    
    I used to be a big shot long ago 
    I had a Cadillac an' a whole lotta dough
    Real fine women used to chase me down
    Now, not one-a those gals can be found
    They're never home whenever I call
    Don't seem to want me around at all
    
    I'm broke, I'm broke, I'm broke, I'm broke
    Stone-cold broke, I ain't got a lousey dime
    
    Went to a nightclub an' had my fun
    Shuckin' an' jivin' wit' ev'ryone
    Drinkin' that beer an' gin an' wine
    Boy, I'm tellin' ya I had a good time
    When I got home I didn't have no loot
    Had to go down an' pawn my suit
    
    I'm broke, I'm broke, I'm broke, I'm broke (ha-ha)
    Stone-cold broke, I ain't got a lousey dime 
    
    Now, I'm a low-down dirty bum
    Right back where I started from
    I got no car, I got no gal
    I ain't even got a pal
    Huffin' an' puffin' can't raise a cent
    Put me out, I can't pay my rent
    
    I'm broke, I'm broke, I'm broke, I'm broke
    Stone-cold broke, I ain't got a lousey dime
    
    Spoken:
    
    "Damn, I'm broke man, I got no damn money" 
    "What n' the hell am I gonna do now?"
    "Oh hey, Jim, what's happenin' man?"
    "Oh man, I'm sure glad to see you!"
    "Yeah, I know I owe you twenty dollars man,
    
    But you know hey, look it
    
    "Well you know they picked up my car up this mornin'?"
    "What?" (hm, a-ha)
    "You know they say a man ain't suppose to cry?"
    "Man, I'm gonna tell ya, you know that they didn't lie"
    "Ay, I, I, I'm broke man, I swear I'm broke"
    "Ha, I ain't had, man I ain't got it, I got about two dollars, man that's it"
    "Ha, swear I'm broke man"
    "Hm yeah, yeah I'm broke, yeah"
    
    FADES-
    "Trust me I'm broke, man, yeah I am"
    
    4.  Don't Lose Your Cool  (Albert Collins)
    
    (All Instrumental)
    
    5.  When A Guitar Plays The Blues  (Albert Collins)
    
    You get the strangest kinda feelin'
    That's when the guitar plays the blues
    I say, you get the strangest kinda feelin'
    That's when a guitar plays the blues
    Your body gets the message
    And you know, you know, your soul has just got to move
    
    You might even bat your eye
    You might even snap or cry
    The feelin' you're feelin' within you babe
    You know you just can't hide
    
    You're kinda strokin' like that
    You're kinda bendin' like this
    And it reaches down inside you
    And your soul just can't resist
    
    You get that same kinda feelin'
    When the guitar plays the blues
    Your body sure gets the message
    Yes, you know, you know, your soul has just got to move
    
    (Instrumental & guitar solo)
    
    And when the music is over
    And it's time to turn out the lights
    You know the blues goes home with ya'
    Soothes you through the night
    
    You get that strange kinda feelin'
    When the guitar plays the blues
    Your body gets the message
    And you know, you know, you know
    Your soul has just got to move
    
    (Instrumental & guitar solo to end)
    
    6.  ...But I Was Cool  (Albert Collins) 
    
    I always live by the golden rule 
    Whatever happens, ha, don't blow your cool!
    You gotta have nerves of steel
    And never show folks how you honestly feel
    
    I lived all my life this way, ha
    For example, take yesterday:
    
    I breeze home happy bringin' her my pay
    Her note read ...so long Saavy, I haven't gone away!
    An I threw myself down across our empty bed
    An this is what I said:
    
    Ooo shhhhiiiii ooow ooow ooow 
    What? Oh what are you gonna do with me?
    Ooo wow uh
    But I was cool!
    
    So I "one for the roaded" at a all night bar
    I wound up so loaded, I tore up my car
    The judge threw the book at me,
    An when I read, the sentence there, I said:
    
    "Oow! Please oooow ooow, please I got to know, I got to know
    What? what went wrong? 
    I, I don't underst... I oh a,
    But I was cool! 
    
    (Instrumental & guitar solo)
    
    So I said she's the only one, that I have to pay
    And I found her an pulled my gun, an fired point blank
    The shot whistled right past that woman's head
    An I killed my hound dog, dead!
    
    Oooooow, ruff ruff, rrr, rrr, rrr, rur, rur, rur
    As they carried me away
    I was overheard to say,
    "Be cool, be cool, stay cool, be cool!
    
    7.  Melt Down   (Albert Collins)
    
    (All Instrumental)
    
    8.  Ego Trip  (Albert Collins)
    Arrangement by Casey Jones (drums & vocal)
    (Solo sax by Abb Locke)
    
    Tryin' to tell you baby about your trip
    Ev'rytime I talk to ya baby, Lord, you give me that lip
    I know what you mean, baby yeah, about your past
    Ev'rytime I talk to you baby yeah, you ain't got no class
    
    (You're on an ego trip)
    (You're on an ego trip)
    (You're on an ego trip)
    (You're on an ego trip)
    
    Ow!
    Take ya downtown, to get me a pair of shoes
    Come back home girl, Lord, talkin' like a fool
    Sometime baby, yeah, you don't have no class
    Cheap old talkin' girl, Lord, I'm gonna get on your ass
    
    (You're on an ego trip) ha
    (You're on an ego trip)
    (You're on an ego trip)
    (You're on an ego trip) yeah, yeah
    
    (Sax Solo by Abb Locke)
    
    Ow!
    I been knowin' about your trip baby, yeah
    It come to pass
    Ev'ry time I talk to you baby, Lord
    You give me that mess
    
    (You're on an ego trip) ha
    (You're on an ego trip) that girl 
    (You're on an ego trip) yeah
    (You're on an ego trip) 
    
    Spoken:
    
    "You got that old ego goin' on"
    "Gotta school you next week"
    "An' I told you to get yourself together now"
    "So you can get me them shoes"
    "Ya ain't come back with 'em yet"
    FADES-
    "What?"
    "I told you 'bout that talkin' back"
    "What?"
    
    9.  Quicksand  (Albert Collins)
    
    They tell me love is like quicksand
    Can't stop when you're sinkin' down
    Tell me love is like quicksand
    You can't stop when you're sinkin' down
    My gal lead me down to the suction
    And I know I just can't turn around
    
    She's a hard-headed woman, an' she always treat me wrong
    She's a hard-headed woman, an' she always treat me wrong
    She treat me so bad, that's when she make me weep an' moan
    Hey!
    
    (A.C. Reed- tenor sax solo)
    ( Dino Spell- alto sax solo)
    
    She's a hard-headed woman, she always treat me wrong
    I'm sick an' down baby, 'cause you always treat me wrong
    My handle raised for help
    Won't you listen to me weep an' moan?
    
    Hey!
    
    
    
    

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