YOU GOTTA BE SMOOTH,
YOU GOTTA BE SMOOTH,
YOU GOTTA STAY CALM,
COLLECTED AND COOL.
NOW I'M CHANGING MY MIND,
TAKING MY TIME,
TRYING TO BE HARD,
THEN DROPPING MY GUARD.
BUT YOU'VE GOTTA BE SMOOTH,
UNDER PRESSURE,
YOU GOTTA STAY CALM,
COLLECTED AND COOL,
IT'S THE RULE.
I DON'T KNOW YOUR NAME OR WHERE WE'RE SUPPOSED TO HAVE MET,
I THINK THAT YOU'RE CONFUSING ME WITH SOMEBODY ELSE,
SOMEONE WITH A PHOTOGRAPHIC MEMORY I WISH,
I DIDN'T HAVE THE MEMORY OF A SHORT TERM FISH.
WOKE UP IN THE DAY,
ROLLED IN THE HAY
PHONED UP A FRIEND,
AND DID IT AGAIN,
NOW I'M HANGING AROUND,
PAINTING THE TOWN,
PARTY AND THEN,
DID IT AGAIN AND AGAIN.
BUT YOU'VE GOTTA BE SMOOTH,
UNDER PRESSURE,
YOU GOTTA STAY CALM,
COLLECTED AND COOL,
IT'S THE RULE.
I DON'T KNOW YOUR NAME OR WHERE WE'RE SUPPOSED TO HAVE MET,
I THINK THAT YOU'RE CONFUSING ME WITH SOMEBODY ELSE,
SOMEONE WITH A PHOTOGRAPHIC MEMORY I WISH,
I DIDN'T HAVE THE MEMORY OF A SHORT TERM FISH.
YOU SAY WE HAD A CONVERSATION INTO THE NIGHT,
JUMPING OUT THE WINDOWS AND STARTING A FIGHT,
LAYING ON A RAILWAY SLEEPER OH HOW I WISH,
I DIDN'T HAVE THE MEMORY OF A SHORT TERM FISH.
(Na na na na na na na na na na na na, ...)
BUT YOU'VE GOTTA BE SMOOTH,
UNDER PRESSURE,
YOU GOTTA STAY CALM,
COLLECTED AND COOL,
IT'S THE RULE
I DON'T KNOW YOUR NAME OR WHERE WE'RE SUPPOSED TO HAVE MET,
I THINK THAT YOU'RE CONFUSING ME WITH SOMEBODY ELSE,
SOMEONE WITH A PHOTOGRAPHIC MEMORY I WISH,
I DIDN'T HAVE THE MEMORY OF A SHORT TERM FISH.
YOU SAY WE HAD A CONVERSATION INTO THE NIGHT,
JUMPING OUT THE WINDOWS AND STARTING A FIGHT,
LAYING ON A RAILWAY SLEEPER OH HOW I WISH,
I DIDN'T HAVE THE MEMORY OF A SHORT TERM FISH.
(Na na na na na na na na na na na na, ...)