| Kookie, Kookie (Lend Me Your Comb)
Edward Byrnes & Connie Stevens
Connie:
Kookie, Kookie, lend me your comb
Kookie, Kookie
Edward:
Well now, let's take it from the top and grab some wheels
And on the way we'll talk about some cuckoo deals
Connie:
But Kookie, Kookie, lend me your comb
Kookie, Kookie
Edward:
Now you're on the way, miss
And I'm readin' you just fine
Don't cut out of here till we get on Cloud 9
Connie:
But Kookie, Kookie
Edward:
I've got smog in my noggin
Ever since you made the scene
Connie:
You're the utmost
Edward:
If you ever tool me out...dead
I'm the saddest, like a brain
Connie:
The very utmost
Kookie, lend me your comb
Kookie, Kookie
Edward:
Man, I got my bruise lighters in my flapsy-colored pen
You're gonna send me to that planet called...
You know it, baby, the end
---- Instrumental Interlude ----
Connie:
Kookie, Kookie, lend me your comb
Kookie, Kookie
Edward:
If you ever cut out, you might be a stray cat
'Cause when I'm flyin' solo
Nowhere's we're on that
Connie:
Kookie, Kookie, lend me your comb
Kookie, Kookie
Edward:
What's with this comb caper, baby
Why do you wanna latch up with my comb
Connie:
I just want you to stop combing your hair...and kiss me
You're the maximum utmost
Edward:
Well, I beans and I dreams goin'
I'm movin' right now
'Cause that's the kind of scene that I dig, baby
You're the ginchiest
The detective drama 77 SUNSET STRIP/ABC/1958-64 featured a hip, young parking lot attendant named Gerald Lloyd Kookson III (Edd Byrnes) more popularly called "Kookie" who was constantly running a comb through his hair. His narcissistic habit inspired this hit rock and roll recording.
In the song, Connie Stevens continually asks Kookie to put down his comb. The song was originally performed during the opening episode of the 1959-60 season when Kookie helped Stuart Bailey (Efrem Zimbalist, Jr) catch a jewel thief. |