Cool Is King

I know a chick who’s always building stuff

Nothing else to do with her dough

Her guy’s never seen the inside of a record store

But he goes to all the big rock shows

Because everyone knows cool is king these days

Yeah everyone knows cool is king

A cousin drives by in his nephew’s new car

He’s an expert in the latest E-game craze.

I turn to see a hobo drinking cheap wine and Evian

Laying on the sidewalk writing political essays

Because everyone knows cool is king these days

Yeah everyone knows cool is king

I met a geezer who talks shit all day long

Just repeats what he heard in boarding school

He laughs nervously at unusual people

He’s not quite sure what’s cool

But everyone knows cool is king these days

Yeah everyone knows cool is king

Some dreadlocked street kid yells out his poetry

People give him an extra wide berth

A tall office gal puts 2 bucks in the kid’s hat

It gives her a mild spiritual rebirth

Because everyone knows cool is king these days

Yeah everyone knows cool is king

Well when everything’s awesome, nothing’s awesome

And when everyone calls what’s cool, it’s sure no one knows

But that fat old bald guy smoking a cigar in a Cadillac

Is about as cool as it gets I suppose

Honey everyone knows cool is king these days

Yeah everyone’s cool these days.