Something Cool

Bar or lounge, Séverine likes to imbibe in style. In her Retros vintage brocade blouse and skirt, beaded at the waist with golden dewdrops,  Séverine sings one of her favorite songs by American songwriter William C. Barnes: "Something Cool."

Something cool
I'd like to order something cool.
It's so warm here in town and this heat gets me down
Yes, I'd like something cool.

My, it's nice to simply sit and rest awhile,
You know it's a shame
I can't think of your name
I remember your smile.

I don't ordinarily drink with strangers
I guess I usually drink alone
But you were so awfully nice to ask me
And I'm so terribly far from home.

Like my dress, I must confess it's very old
But it's simple and neat, it's just right for this heat
Save my furs for the cold.
A cigarette, no I don't smoke them as a rule
But I'll have one, it might be fun with something cool.

I'd bet you wouldn't imagine that I once had a house
With so many rooms you couldn't count them all.
I'll bet that you couldn't imagine I had fifteen different boys
Who would beg and beg to take me to a ball.

And I know you couldn't picture me
The time I went to Paris in the fall,
And who would think the man that I loved
Was quite so handsome and quite so tall!

Well, it's through, it's just a memory I had,
One I almost forgot since the weather's so hot
And I'm feeling so bad...

 About a date, oh wait, I'm such a fool!
He's just a guy who stopped to buy me something cool....

 Retros by Liz Cole