Icy steel shooting through concrete, cool city
  Mountains of glass reflect the sky
  Everybody feels real good in cool city
  Each day brings a new surprise
  Johnny came two-thousand miles to the cool city
  He came to see what makes things tick
  He cut his hair and bought new clothes in the cool city
  Finally found his life's ambition
  
  How to do nothing perfectly
  To do it with style so gracefully
  'Cause life is so delicious in Cool City
  
  Outside no one's on the street
  Don't stop or you'll miss a beat
  
  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
  This one knew the right address
  He even knew someone in a band
  While the others wait all night standing there in
  Cool city
  
  So hard to make the right friends
  You might have to sell some skin
  The nights go on forever
  
  The blacks they all hate the whites
  The whites think they're tough, but they're not, cool city
  The boys go out with each other
  The girls who will be in movies
  
  If you're high, you're in the right place, cool city
  Animals seek out their own kind
  Shake some hands and take a lunch in cool city
  Someone's going to try and tempt you
  Listen to all the brilliant plans in the cool city
  It's all free now, but you'll pay later with your soul
  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, snort a line
  'Cause the nights get very chilly here in cool city