My band and I play this song at our gigs..very cool
song!!
"This Cowboys Hat" by Chris Ledoux sent in by Terry
Chenault
I was sittin in a coffee shop havin a cup to past the
time, swappin' rodeo stories with this ole cowboy
friend of mine. Some motorcycle riders started
snickering in the back,started poking fun at my
friends' hat.
One ole bay 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 you head." That's
when my friend turned around, and this is what he
said.
(CHORUS)
"You'll ride a black tornado 'cross the western sky,
rope an ole blue northern and milk it til it's dry,
bulldog the mississippi, pin its ears down flat,
longbefore you take this cowboy's hat."
2nd Verse
"Now partner this ole hat's better left alone, you see
it used to be my daddy's, but last year he passed on.
My nephew skinned the rattler that makes up this ole
hat band, but back in 69 he died in Vietnam. Now the
eagle feather was given to me by an indian friend of
mine, but someone ran him down somewhere around that
Arizona line. And a real special lady gave this hat
pin, but I don't know if I'll ever see her again."
(CHORUS)
3rd Verse
"Now if your leather jacket means to you what this hat
means to me, 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 have to fight us all."
Right then I caught a little sadness in that gang
leaders eyes, he turned back to the others and they
just kinda shuffled on outside. And when my friend
turned back towards me, I noticed his ole hat brim, it
was turned up in a big ole Texas grin.
(CHORUS)
