as recorded by Helen O'Connell & Tennessee Ernie Ford 1950
[tef] I'll take the cold potatas that you feed me from a can, Don't mind the dirty dishes that you stack up in the pan! [ho'c] I'll put up with your clothes a-hangin' on my favourite chair, [both] But your cool cool kisses are more than I can bear!
[ho'c] Don't mind that smelly pipe that's always stickin' in your face! [tef] Don't mind your shoes and stockin's always scattered 'round the place! [ho'c] I'll put up wth the cigarettes you put out on the floor! [both] But your cool cool kisses I just won't take no more!
I don't know what you're doin' but you're killin' my desire, Maybe you're just tryin' out a game! The kisses that you gave me used to set my soul on fire, Till you started throwin' water on the flame!
[ho'c] Don't mind the way you beat me every time we have a fight, Don't mind your dissipatin' and your stayin' out all night! [tef] I'll put up with a lot o' things the best way that I can, [both] But your cool cool kisses are more than I can stand!
[ho'c] I don't know what you're doin' but you're killin' my desire, Maybe you're just tryin' out a game! [tef] The kisses that you gave me used to set my soul on fire, Till you started throwin' water on the flame!
[ho'c] Don't mind the way you beat me every time we have a fight, Don't mind your dissipatin' and your stayin' out all night! [tef] I'll put up with a lot o' things the best way that I can, [both] But your cool cool kisses are more than I can stand!
[tef] You can give me cold potatas, hang your stockin's in the shower! [ho'c] I'll light your smelly pipe and clean your shotgun by the hour! [tef] I'll warm up my kisses! [ho'c] I'll make mine warmer too! [both] 'Cause those cool cool kisses will never never do!