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The Mountain Goats

You Were Cool

Release date: 31st July 2010

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"You Were Cool" is a track by The Mountain Goats, released 31st July 2010. Full lyrics are available below.

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Lyrics

You Were Cool

[Verse 1]

This is a song with the same four chords I use most of the time

When I've got something on my mind and I don't want to squander the moment

Trying to come up with a better way

To say what I want to say

[Chorus]

People were mean to you

But I always thought you were cool

Clicking down the concrete hallways

In your spiked heels back in high school

[Verse 2]

It's good to be young, but let's not kid ourselves

It's better to pass on through those years and come out the other side

With our hearts still beating

Having stared down demons and come back breathing

[Chorus]

People were mean to you

But I always thought you were cool

Clicking down the concrete hallways

In your spiked heels back in high school

[Verse 3]

You deserved better than you got

Someone's got to say it sometime, 'cause it's true

People should have told you you were awesome

Instead of taking advantage of you

I hope you love your life now

Like I love mine

I hope the painful memories only flex their power over you

A little of the time

We held onto hope of better days coming

And when we did, we were right

I hope the people who did you wrong

Have trouble sleeping at night

[Chorus]

People were mean to you

But I always thought you were cool

Clicking down the concrete hallways

In your spiked heels back in high school

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You Were Cool

2010
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2010

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Production & Engineering

Writer
John Darnielle

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