This Cowboy's Hat Lyrics - Singles - Kernaghan Lee

Well I was sitting in a roadhouse 

Havin' a cup to pass the time 

Swapping rodeo stories 

With a few old territory friend of mine 

When some motorcycle riders started snickering in the back 

They were pokin' fun at my friends hat 

Well one old boy said 'Hey Tex where'd you park your horse' 

My friend just turned his hat down low 

But they couldn't be ignored 

Then one husky fella said 

'I think I'll rip that hat right off your head' 

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

CHORUS 

You'll ride a black tornado across the western sky 

You'll rope an ol' blue norther and milk it 'till it's dry 

Bulldog the Diamantina pin its ears down flat 

Long before you take this cowboy's hat 

Now this old hat is better left alone 

You see it used to be my fathers 

But last year he passed on 

My uncle skinned the red belly black 

That makes up this ol' hat band 

But back in '69 he was killed in Vietnam 

Now the eagle feather was given to me 

By an old aboriginal friend of mine 

But someone run him down somewhere 

Up around that Northern Territory 

And real special lady gave me this hat pin 

But I don't know if I'm ever going to see her again 

CHORUS 

Now if your leather jacket means to you 

What this old 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 

Then you've got my back up against the wall 

And if you touch my hat 

Then you're gonna have to fight us all 

Well right then I noticed a little sadness 

In that gang leaders eyes 

He turned back towards the others 

And they all just shuffled on outside 

But when my friend turned back towards me 

I noticed his hat brim 

Well it was turned up in a big old Territory grin 

CHORUS