This Cowboys Hat

<br>(spoken) well theres always been groups of people who couldnt see eye<br><br>To eye...an I always thought if theyd get the chance to sit down and<br><br>Talk face to face theyd see we all have a lot in common....<br><br><br><br>Well I was sittin at a coffee shop, just havin a cup to pass the time.<br><br>Swappin some stories with this ole cowboy friend of mine.<br><br>When some motor-cycler riders started snickerin in the back.<br><br>Started pokin fun at my friend hat.<br><br>One ole boy said hey tex, whered you park your horse.<br><br>Now my friend just pulled his hat down low, but they couldnt be<br><br>Ignored.<br><br>One husky fella said, I think Ill rip that hat right off your head.<br><br>Thats when my friend turned around, and this is what he said...<br><br>Youll ride a black tornado, cross the western sky.<br><br>Rope an ole blue northern, and milk it til its dry.<br><br>Bull dawg the mississippi, and pin her ears down flat...<br><br>Long before you take this cowboys hat...<br><br>Now pardner, this ole hat is better left alone,<br><br>See it used to be my daddys, but last year he passed on.<br><br>My nephew skinned the rattler, that makes up this ole hatband.<br><br>But back in 69 he died in viet-nam.<br><br>Now the eagle feather was given to me by an ole indian friend of mine,<br><br>But someone ran him down, somewheres round that arizona line.<br><br>And a real special lady gave me this hat pin.<br><br>And I dont know if Ill ever see her again.<br><br>Youll ride a black tornado, cross the western sky.<br><br>Rope an ole blue northern, and milk it til its dry.<br><br>Bull dawg the mississippi, and pin her ears down flat...<br><br>Long before you take this cowboys hat...<br><br>Now if you leather jacket means to you what this hat means to me.<br><br>Then I guess we understand each other, and well just let it be.<br><br>But if you still think its funny, well man, youve got my back up<br><br>Against the wall.<br><br>But if you touch my hat, youll have to fight us all...<br><br>Well, right then I caught a little sadness in the gang leaders eyes.<br><br>And he turned back twards the others and they all just sorta shuffled<br><br>On outside.<br><br>But when my friend turned back twards me, well I noticed his old hat<br><br>Brim.<br><br>Well it was turned up...in a big ole texas grin!<br><br>Youll ride a black ocross the western skies,<br><br>Rope an ole blue northern, and milk it til its dry.<br><br>Bull dawg the mississippi and pin her ears down flat...<br><br>Long before you touch this cowboys hat...