This Cowboy's Hat (feat. Ned LeDoux)

Well

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

But I always thought if they ever had a chance to sit down and talk face to face

They might realize they got a lost cause

Well I was sitting in a coffee shop

Just having a cup to pass the time

Swapping rodeo stories with this old cowboy friend of mine

When some motorcycle riders started snickering in the back

And started poking fun at my friend's hat

One old boy said hey tex

Where do you park your horse

My friend just pulled his hat down low

But they couldn't be ignored

One husky fellow 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 old blue northern

And milk it 'till it's dry

Bulldog the mississippi

Pin it's down flat

Long before you take this cowboy's hat

Now

Part of this old hat

Is it's better left alone

You see it used to be my daddy's

But last year he passed on

My nephew's skinned the rattler that makes up this ol' hatband

But back in '69he died in vietnam

Now

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

But somebody ran him down

Somewhere around that arizona line

And a real special lady gave me this hat pin

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

You'll ride a black tornado

Cross the western sky

Rope an old blue northern

And milk it 'till it's dry

Bulldog the mississippi

Pin it's down flat

Long before you take this cowboy's hat

Now if that old leather jacket means to you

What this hat means to me

Well I guess we understand each other

And we'll just let it be

But if you still think it's funny

And you've got my back up against the wall

If you touch my hat

You're gonna have to fight us all

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

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

But when my friend turned back toward me

I noticed his old hat brim

It was turned out

In a big old texas grin

You'll ride a black tornado

Cross the western sky

Rope an old blue northern

And milk it 'till it's dry

Bulldog the mississippi

Pin it's down flat

Long before you take this cowboy's hat