Play It Cool

(guitar + bass groove, drums slide in)

You ain’t fooling nobody tonight

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You walked in like you always do

Half a step ahead of the room

Didn’t try but they all turned round

When your boots hit that ground

You keep your distance just enough

Like you don’t wanna give too much

But the way you keep looking back

Says more than where you’re at

There’s a rhythm in how you move

Like you’ve got nothing left to prove

But I can tell by the way you stay

You ain’t really walking away

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You play it cool, I respect that

But you don’t hide it like you think

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You play it cool

But I can see through

Every little move

That you don’t mean to

No words, no signs

But it comes through

You play it cool

But I know you

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You lean in then you step aside

Like you’re checking your own mind

Caught between what you wanna do

And what you’re used to

You don’t rush, you don’t explain

You just let it sit that way

But the silence don’t lie to me

It’s louder than anything

From a glance to a second look

From a line that you almost took

You don’t cross it, but you don’t leave

You just stay close enough to me

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You don’t say it, you don’t have to

I can read it in your eyes

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You play it cool

But I can see through

Every little move

That you don’t mean to

No words, no signs

But it comes through

You play it cool

But I know you

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(groove strips slightly, bass + keys)

You ain’t gotta break it down

You ain’t gotta say it now

We both standing in it

Just not calling it out

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You play it cool

But I can see through

Every little move

That you don’t mean to

No words, no signs

But it comes through

You play it cool

But I know you

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(clean groove fades, no filler)