[Verse 1]
Now listen, Julie baby
It ain't natural for you to cry in the midnight
Ain't natural for you to cry way into midnight through
Until the wee small hours long 'fore the break of dawn
Oh Lord
Mmm hmm, uh

[Verse 2]
Now Julie, and there ain't nothin' on my mind
More further 'way than what you're lookin' for
I see the way you jumped at me, Lord, from behind the door
And looked into my eyes
Your little star-struck innuendos
Inadequacies and foreign bodies
And the sunlight shining through the crack in the window pane
Numbs my brain
And the sunlight shining through the crack in the window pane
Numbs my brain, oh Lord

[Verse 3]
Ha, I said, "Open up the window and let me breathe"
I said, "Open up the window and let me breathe"
I'm looking down to the street below, Lord, I cried for you
Huh, I cried, I cried for you
Oh Lord

[Chorus]
The cool room, Lord, is a fool's room
The cool room, Lord, is a fool's room
And I can almost smell your T.B. sheets
And I can almost smell your T.B. sheets
On your sickbed
I gotta go, I gotta go

[Verse 4]
And you said, "Please stay, I wanna, I wanna
I wanna drink of water, I wanna drink of water
Go in the kitchen, get me a drink of water"
I said, "I gotta go, I gotta go, baby"
I said, "I'll send, I'll send somebody around later
You know we got Janet comin' around here later
With a bottle of wine for you, baby, but I gotta go"

[Chorus]
The cool room, Lord, is a fool's room
The cool room, Lord, Lord, is a fool's room, a fool's room
And I can almost smell your T.B. sheets
I can almost smell your T.B. sheets, T.B. 
I gotta go, I gotta

[Verse 5]
I'll send around, send around the one that grumbles later on, baby
I'll see what I can pick up for you, you know that
Yeah, I got a few things going too, yeah
Don't worry about it, don't worry about it, don't worry
Uh huh, go, go, go, I've gotta go, gotta go, gotta, gotta go
Gotta go, gotta go, uh huh, all right, all right, mmm hmm
I turned on the radio
If you wanna hear a few tunes, turn on the radio for you
There you go, there you go, there you go, baby, there you go, mmm

[Outro]
You'll be all right, too
Ha ha, yeah
I know it ain't funny, it ain't funny at all, baby
Always laying in the cool room, man, laying in the cool room
In the cool room, in the cool room