This Cowboy's Hat

                                  Well there's always been groups of people that never could see eye to eye

And I always thougt if they ever had a chance to sit down and talk face to face

They might realize they got a lot in common





Well I was sittin' in a coffee shop

Just havin' a cup to pass the time

Swapin' rodeo stories with this old cowboy friend of mine

When some motorcycle riders started snickerin' in the back



Started pokin' fun at my friend's hat

One ol' boy said "Hey Tex where'd you park your horse?"

My friend just pulled his hat down low but they couldn't be ignored

One husky fella said "I think I'll rip that hat right off your head."

That's when my friend turned around and this is what he said



"You'll ride a black tornado 'cross the western sky

Rope an ol blue norter and milk it till it's dry

Bulldog the Mississippi, pin it's ears down flat

Long before you take this cowboys hat



"Now partner this old hat is better left alone

See it used to be my daddy's

But, last year he passed on

My nephew skined the rattler that makes up this ol' hatband

But, back in sixty nine he died in vietnam



Now the eagle feather was given to me by an indian friend of mine

But, someone ran he down somewhere around that Arizona line

And a real special lady gave me this hatpin

And I don't know if I'll ever see her again



"You'll ride a black tornado 'cross the western sky

Rope an ol blue norter and milk it till it's dry

Bulldog the Mississippi, pin it's ears down flat

Long before you take this cowboys hat



"now if your leather jaket means to you what this hat means to me

Then I guess we understand each other and we'll just let it be

But, if you still think it's funny, man you got my back up against the wall

And if you touch my hat you're gonna havta fight us all"



Well right then I caught a little sadness in that gang leader's eyes

He turned back to the others and they all just kinda shuffled on outside

But when my friend turned back towards me

I noticed he's ol' hatbrim

Well it was turned up in a big ol' Texas grin



"You'll ride a black tornado 'cross the western sky

Rope an ol blue nortern and milk it till it's dry

Bulldog the Mississippi, pin it's ears down flat

Long before you take this cowboys hat"