Sammy Davis Jr - The Ballad of Johnny Cool

Sammy Davis Jr. sings “The Ballad of Johnny Cool“,from the 1963 motion picture starring Henry Silva and Elizabeth Montgomery. Arranged by Billy May This is the story of Johnny Cool. It tells the tale of his life. They say Johnny was meant to be. And content to be. Mixed up in sorrow and strife. He lived by the gun and by the knife. (Johnny Cool) (Johnny Cool) He lived by the gun and by the knife. (Johnny Cool) (Johnny Cool) If you were friendly to Johnny Cool. You were just playing the fool. They say Johnny was friend to none. Friend to only one. He went by this simple rule. That his only friend was Johnny Cool. (Johnny Cool) (Johnny Cool) That his only friend was Johnny Cool. (Johnny Cool) (Johnny Cool) Because he thought life had abused him. He went on a murdering fling. But he didn’t know that they used him. Like any old puppet on a string. (Johnny Cool) (Johnny Cool) Love never mattered to Johnny Cool.