Hat Shaped Hat Lyrics - Up Up Up Up Up Up - Ani Difranco

In walked a man in the shape of a man 

Holding a hat-shaped hat 

He held up two fingers and said 'how many fingers? " 

And I said 'peace man, that's where it's at" 

I said you are what you do in order to 

Prevent becoming what you're busy not doing 

And if you do do it truly 

Then you arrive at it newly 

Then in the end you are absolved 

And the problem of heaven is solved 

And the man broke into a smile, 

Like he was breaking into a song 

And he was broken and smiling 

And I was singing along 

And we agreed completely agreetly about most things 

'til the sun set sweetly 

Like it does in those paintings 

The ones they hang in hotel rooms 

The ones they bolt to the wall 

As though anyone would want to steal them at all 

We talked like children without breathing 

'til I stopped this lady as she was leaving 

And I said 'excuse me, 

But do you know what time it would be 

If we were on mars ? ' 

And she held up her hand 

Like a crossing guard stopping the cars 

And she said 

Five in the morning 

In walked a man 

In the shape of a man 

Holding a hat shaped hat