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“2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten” is the third track from Lucinda Williams' 1998 album Car Wheels on a Gravel Road.
The song was inspired by the photographs of Birney Imes, from his 1990 collection Juke Joint. The photographs capture the “juke joint” music halls of the Mississippi Delta. The song is filled wi...
[Verse 1]
You can't depend on anything, really
There's no promises, there's no point
There's no good, there's no bad
In this dirty little joint
[Pre-Chorus]
No dope smoking, no beer sold after 12 o'clock
Rosedale, Mississippi, Magic City Juke Joint
Mr. Johnson sings over in a corner by the bar
Sold his soul to the devil so he can play guitar
[Chorus]
Too cool to be forgotten
Hey, hey, too cool to be forgotten
[Verse 2]
Man runnin' through the grass outside
Says he wants to take up serpents
Says he will drink the deadly thing
And it will not hurt him
[Pre-Chorus]
House rules, no exceptions
No bad language, no gambling, no fighting
Sorry, no credit, don't ask
Bathroom wall reads: Is God the answer? Yes
[Chorus]
Too cool to be forgotten
Hey, hey, too cool to be forgotten
June bug versus hurricane
June bug versus hurricane
Hey, hey
[Verse 3]
I had a lover
I thought he was mine
Thought I'd always be
His valentine
[Pre-Chorus]
Leaning against the railing of a Lake Charles bridge
Overlooking the river, leaning over the edge
He asked me: Would you jump into the water with me
I told him: No way, baby, that's your own death you see
[Chorus]
Too cool to be forgotten
Hey, hey, too cool to be forgotten
June bug versus hurricane
June bug versus hurricane
[Outro]
Hey, hey
Hey, hey
Hey, hey
2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten was written by Lucinda Williams.
2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten was produced by Steve Earle & Ray Kennedy.
Lucinda Williams released 2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten on Tue Jun 30 1998.