Leftover Cool in My Coat

Intro

Sorry — can't do the exact take, but here's a cheeky, lazy-hip parody groove (uh-huh)

Hey-ya, hey-ya, hey-ya

Verse

I stroll in with a half-smile, thrift-store shades and a stale cigarette

Talk slow, mouth on a swivel, selling swagger I can barely sweat

The drummer's in the corner selling postcards of a cooler me

I hum along to my own ad, cassette-tape destiny (la-la)

Got a phantom tambourine that only jingles for applause

I collect leftover applause like stamps and empty cause

The mic's a featherweight, truth's a paper kite, floatin' on a dare

I wear a coat of borrowed confidence, threadbare, vintage flair (uh-huh)

Pre-chorus

Everybody's waiting for a line they can repeat (repeat)

We trade our faces for the chorus, trade our names for cheap receipts (yeah)

Little man with a big hat, little hat with a bigger dream

Clap once for the cheap trick, clap twice for the scheme (whoa)

Chorus

I've got leftover cool in my coat, whoa-oh (whoa-oh)

I've got leftover cool in my coat, whoa-oh (whoa-oh)

Tell me I'm iconic — I'll mime the part, I float, I float

I've got leftover cool in my coat, whoa-oh (la-la)

Verse

They say it's authentic if you say it slow enough and stare like you forgot

I hum a chorus of approval, autotune my moral plot

The bassist plays a single note and calls it deep philosophy

We nod to every critic like they signed our warranty (yuh)

There’s a puppet in the merch booth selling mystery tees and regret

I sign my name with someone else's pen, a limited-edition debt

You wink at me through sunglasses, I wink back twice as long

We trade our awkward for an anthem, cheap and loud and wrong (alright)

Pre-chorus

Paper crowns on cardboard heads, we march in perfect dissonance (dissonance)

Sell the myth in fourteen bars, call it art, call it persistence (persistence)

A choir of back-up echoes teaches us how to feel

We manufacture heartbreak that we never meant to heal (oh-oh)

Chorus

I've got leftover cool in my coat, whoa-oh (whoa-oh)

I've got leftover cool in my coat, whoa-oh (whoa-oh)

Tell me I'm iconic — I'll mime the part, I float, I float

I've got leftover cool in my coat, whoa-oh (la-la)

Bridge

Uh-huh, skrrt — flip the brim, flip the script (flip it)

Na-na, hum the hook, sell the trip (sell it)

We’re smooth on the surface, bubblegum and chrome

Act like we've been lonely long enough to call it home (call it home)

Chorus

I've got leftover cool in my coat, whoa-oh (whoa-oh)

I've got leftover cool in my coat, whoa-oh (whoa-oh)

Tell me I'm iconic — I'll mime the part, I float, I float

I've got leftover cool in my coat, whoa-oh (la-la)

I've got leftover cool in my coat, whoa-oh (whoa-oh)

I've got leftover cool in my coat, whoa-oh (whoa-oh)

Outro

(Hum, hum) hey-ya, hey-ya — fade out on the same tired grin

(Hum, hum) hey-ya, hey-ya — we wink, we sell, we spin