I had one cup of coffee
and a cigarette
Then I rolled out of bed with
my shirt soaking wet
If I was gonna get moving,
now was the time
So I packed up my bags
and my Gretsch 59
It's a tough life love
But when push comes too shove
It's the only life for
Johnny Johnny Johnny Kool
Played his guitar and
he sang like a fool
Don't let the big boys
grind you down
Johnny Johnny Johnny Kool
He was a rebel
that broke all the rules
Everyone can't stop
talkin' about
The legend of Johnny Kool
It was darker than black,
not a star in the sky
So I revved on the engine and I
let that mercury fly
With the wind blowin'
by at a hundred and five
It gave me a thrill
just bein' alive
It's a tough life love
But when push comes too shove
It's the only life for
Johnny Johnny Johnny Kool
Played his guitar and he
sang like a fool
Don't let the big boys
grind you down
Johnny Johnny Johnny Kool
He was a rebel that
broke all the rules
Everyone can't stop
talkin' about
The legend of Johnny Kool
<Interlude>
Rumor had it now,
this cat had it all
He was loud,
he was wild,
and he sure rocked the hall
Some guy grabbed my arm and I
jumped on the stage
And I was rockin' with
a guy who was twice my age
It's a tough life love
But when push comes too shove
It's the only life for
Johnny Johnny Johnny Kool
Played his guitar and he
sang like a fool
Don't let the big boys
grind you down
Johnny Johnny Johnny Kool
He was a rebel that
broke all the rules
Everyone can't stop
talkin' about
The legend of Johnny Kool
<Interlude>
Johnny Johnny Johnny Kool
cked down
and they put you first in line
And so you finally ask yourself
just how big you are
and take your place in a wiser
world of bigger motor cars
<Intelrude>
So Where the hell was Biggles
when you needed him
last Saturday
And where were all the sportsmen
who always pulled you though
They're all resting down
in Cornwall
writing up their memoirs
for a paper-back edition
of the Boy Scout Manual
See there! A man born