[Verse 1] Icy steel shoots through concrete, Cool City Mountains of glass reflect the sky, oh All night long the cool cats look for cool kitties Look at the love they'll never find, oh [Verse 2] Johnny came two-thousand miles to Cool City He came to see what makes things tick, oh He bought new clothes and cut his hair in Cool City Finally found his life's ambition, oh [Chorus 1] How to do nothing perfectly To do it with style so gracefully 'Cause life is so delicious in Cool City [Post-Chorus 1] Outside no one's on the street Don't stop or you'll miss a beat [Verse 3] Someone's standing in a doorway, Cool City You open the door and check him out so casually The music's blasting all night long in Cool City They recognize his face, so it's all right [Chorus 2] This one knew the right address He even knew someone in a band While the others wait all night standing there in Cool City [Post-Chorus 2] So hard to make the right friends You might have to sell some skin [Verse 4] If you're high, you're in the right place, Cool City Animals seek out their own kind, oh Everybody feels real good in Cool City You've gotta fight to stay alive, oh [Verse 5] The blacks they all hate the whites The whites think they're tough, but they're not The boys go out with each other The girls who will be in movies, oh [Chorus 3] If you want, you have to give Someone must die so you may live And the nights go on forever here in Cool City (You're going nowhere) [Bridge] You're going nowhere Ah (You're going nowhere) Cool City (You're going nowhere) Ah (You're going nowhere) Cool City (You're going nowhere) Ah (You're going nowhere) [Verse 6] (Cool City) Shake some hands and take a lunch in Cool City {Ah} (You're going nowhere) (Cool City) Someone's going to try and tempt you, oh {Ah} (You're going nowhere) (Cool City) Listen to all the brilliant plans in Cool City {Ah} (You're going nowhere) (Cool City) It's all free now, but you'll pay later with your soul {Ah} (You're going nowhere) [Chorus 4] Pray to the the objects on the wall That you'll stay young and never grow old So come on, the water's fine Have a drink and bury a line 'Cause the nights get very chilly here in Cool City
@@bhaus_1919 on top of that i think it switches to "(where are we going) *somewhere*" in the second half 2:55 and alternates between nowhere and somewhere after that
i like how it starts to ramp up more at verse 2, adds a nicely fitting dramatic flare to johnny's appearance. he feels like a very foreboding character in general, with the story of him in only a lad and possibly teenage monster.
Thats the same Johnny? Tbh I thought Elfman was just using a generic name but I like the idea of a story told through several songs like Rainbow's Rising Album
Gosh for me the lyrics in this one just hit so much better than the album version, the cynical tone he has through out and that main beat throughout mmmm
[Verse 1]
Icy steel shoots through concrete, Cool City
Mountains of glass reflect the sky, oh
All night long the cool cats look for cool kitties
Look at the love they'll never find, oh
[Verse 2]
Johnny came two-thousand miles to Cool City
He came to see what makes things tick, oh
He bought new clothes and cut his hair in Cool City
Finally found his life's ambition, oh
[Chorus 1]
How to do nothing perfectly
To do it with style so gracefully
'Cause life is so delicious in Cool City
[Post-Chorus 1]
Outside no one's on the street
Don't stop or you'll miss a beat
[Verse 3]
Someone's standing in a doorway, Cool City
You open the door and check him out so casually
The music's blasting all night long in Cool City
They recognize his face, so it's all right
[Chorus 2]
This one knew the right address
He even knew someone in a band
While the others wait all night standing there in Cool City
[Post-Chorus 2]
So hard to make the right friends
You might have to sell some skin
[Verse 4]
If you're high, you're in the right place, Cool City
Animals seek out their own kind, oh
Everybody feels real good in Cool City
You've gotta fight to stay alive, oh
[Verse 5]
The blacks they all hate the whites
The whites think they're tough, but they're not
The boys go out with each other
The girls who will be in movies, oh
[Chorus 3]
If you want, you have to give
Someone must die so you may live
And the nights go on forever here in Cool City (You're going nowhere)
[Bridge]
You're going nowhere
Ah (You're going nowhere)
Cool City (You're going nowhere)
Ah (You're going nowhere)
Cool City (You're going nowhere)
Ah (You're going nowhere)
[Verse 6]
(Cool City) Shake some hands and take a lunch in Cool City {Ah} (You're going nowhere)
(Cool City) Someone's going to try and tempt you, oh {Ah} (You're going nowhere)
(Cool City) Listen to all the brilliant plans in Cool City {Ah} (You're going nowhere)
(Cool City) It's all free now, but you'll pay later with your soul {Ah} (You're going nowhere)
[Chorus 4]
Pray to the the objects on the wall
That you'll stay young and never grow old
So come on, the water's fine
Have a drink and bury a line
'Cause the nights get very chilly here in Cool City
i hope i dont sound rude but i think its "where are we going, nowhere" instead of "youre going nowhere"
Danny censors his best lyrics yet again
I think it’s the the line “the girls wanna be in movies” but that’s me personally
He definitely says "looking for love they'll never find"
@@bhaus_1919 on top of that i think it switches to "(where are we going) *somewhere*" in the second half 2:55 and alternates between nowhere and somewhere after that
I really wish they kept the line "All night long the cool cats look for cool kitties" in the So-Lo version.
i guess it s too much animals in one song, with " animals seek their own kind" in the second(?) verse
i like how it starts to ramp up more at verse 2, adds a nicely fitting dramatic flare to johnny's appearance. he feels like a very foreboding character in general, with the story of him in only a lad and possibly teenage monster.
Thats the same Johnny? Tbh I thought Elfman was just using a generic name but I like the idea of a story told through several songs like Rainbow's Rising Album
It’s so dark and heavy I love it
Gosh for me the lyrics in this one just hit so much better than the album version, the cynical tone he has through out and that main beat throughout mmmm
terrific version of a fantastic song
One of my favorite boingo songs
I think the biggest difference is that this has Vatos on drums while the album version is a drum machine.
And it sounds great!
You can tell the difference. It's the cymbal crash and other subtle differences. Good ear
My son Callum loves this song
He’s got impeccable taste.
@@dorothyallspice1862 We all do 😎
Based son
your son is amazing bro
living in my mind rent free 👁👄👁
tiny danny elfman in my mind ooooohhh im roatating him
@@strongfork tiny danny what will he do. noooo dannyyyy don't compose a film soundtrack nooooo this isn't your studio its my brain fuck-
@@strongfork danny in the microwave
@@plastiqbeach7487 too late he just made an entire soundtrack for his own movie
where he is everyone in it
Like this version so much better..lyrics sound more wicked
Love you!
wonder why the bass in this version is still synthesized (or whatever is being done to it, definitely not a normal bass).
Both versions have synth bass parts
Dude how do you find these
2020
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2024
lyrics?