Johnny Cool

Rock star who comes to a bad end in the 1976 song "Johnny Cool" by the Steve Gibbons Band, off their Any Road Up album.

Lyrics

Yeah. This is a ballad of Johnny Cool

Yes he was singing rough rock
Drivin a smooth Rolls
Bought a big house
and sold a good soul
had a good time
Just blowing his gold
Rock and roll Johnny
Rock and roll Johnny Cool

Well he made the right move
met the right friend
Hit the right road
Caught the right trend
broke all the rules
that he could not bend
Rock and roll Johnny
Rock and roll Johnny Cool

Johnny Cool drank fifty slugs of whisky a day
Johnny Cool was fast and loose
Johnny Cool was always up on top of the world
Flying like a rockin' goose
You ever see a goose fly?

Johnny Cool got busted cause he trusted a fool
So Johnny Cool went on the run
Johnny Cool could do just what he wanted to do
Johnny Cool could carry a gun- bad news

He made the wrong move and met the wrong friend
hit the wrong road‚ turned the wrong bend
Picked up that gun and blew out his brains
Rock and roll Johnny
Rock and roll Johnny Cool
He was rock and roll Johnny
Rock and roll Johnny Cool
Rock and roll Johnny
Rock and roll Johnny Cool
Johnny Cool, yeah, Johnny Cool

You got to go, got to go, Johnny Cool
Rock and roll do your thing,
whatever it is you might turn out to be king,
Johnny Cool... groovy