Lay Back And Be Cool

[Intro: Gene Anthony Ray]
I hover and I haunt
I stalk through the city on little rat feet
Scurrying through the lives of the night people
But once, there was a lady who showed me
How to lay back and be cool
She had "Love" tattooed on her back
Had a mean ol' two-toned Pontiac
She can put you off with her attitude
She said, "I just wanna lay back and be cool"

[Verse 1: Gene Anthony Ray]
She's on a punk shock, hot rod
Hollywood cruisin' trip (Ah-ooh)
She found me cryin' in a parking lot on Sunset Strip (Woo-ooh)
She said, "Come on baby, I'll be good to you" (Ooh-ooh)
"I just wanna lay back and be cool"

[Instrumental Break]

[Verse 2: Gene Anthony Ray]
Been a long time, still think of her at night
We were drifters just looking for the light (She took me up)
She took me up somewhere in the hills (The hills)
Turned me 'round, cured me of my ills (My ills)
I spent a year with her, well, maybe more like two (Ooh-ooh)
I just got to lay back and be cool

[Verse 3: Gene Anthony Ray]
I need bread, I don't got none at all
I've been thinkin' about goin' down South this fall
I wanna make easy money and get by when I'm blue
I just wanna lay back and be cool

[Instrumental Break]

[Outro: Gene Anthony Ray]
I wanna make easy money and get by when I'm blue
I just wanna lay back and be cool
I wanna make easy money and get by when I'm blue
I just wanna lay back and be cool
And be cool
And be cool
And be cool