[ti:This Cowboy's Hat]
[ar:Chris Ledoux]
[al:Classic Chris Ledoux]

[00:00.73](Spoken) Well there's always been groups of people that could never see eye to eye...
[00:04.38]an' I always thought if they'd get the chance to sit down
[00:06.54]and talk face to face they might realize they got a lot in common.....
[03:38.49][03:14.40][02:30.84][02:07.46][01:24.88][01:01.81][00:10.57]
[00:20.58]Well I was sittin' in a coffee shop, just havin' a cup to pass the time.
[00:26.03]Swappin' rodeo stories with this ole cowboy friend of mine.
[00:31.24]When some motor-cycle riders started snickerin' in the back
[00:36.35]Started pokin' fun at my friend's hat.
[00:41.87]One ole boy said hey Tex, where'd you park your horse.
[00:48.18]My friend just pulled his hat down low, but they couldn't be ingnored.
[00:53.04]One husky fellow said, I think I'll rip that hat right off your head.
[00:58.34]That's when my friend turned around, and this is what he said.....
[03:15.85][02:09.40][01:03.09]You'll ride a black tornado, cross't the western sky
[01:09.50]Rope an ole blue norther and milk it till it's dry
[03:27.18][02:20.83][01:14.88]Bull dawg the Mississippi, pin it's ears down flat...
[03:32.76][02:26.53][01:20.49]Long before you take this cowboy's hat....
[01:26.72]Now partner, this ole hat is better left alone,
[01:31.74]She used to be my daddy's, but last year he passed on.
[01:37.49]My nephew skinned the Rattler that makes up this ole hatband,
[01:42.30]But back in 69 he died in Viet_Nam
[01:47.31]Now the eagle feather was given to me by an indian friend of mine
[01:52.93]But someone ran him down somewheres round that Arizona line
[01:59.27]And a real special lady gave me this hat pin
[02:03.73]But I don't know if I'll ever see her again.
[03:21.91][02:15.25]Rope an ole blue norther and Milk it till it's dry
[02:32.38]Now if your leather jacket means to you what this hat means to me
[02:37.87]Then I guess we understand each other, and we'll just let it be.
[02:43.52]But if you still think it's funny, man, you got my back up against the wall.
[02:48.52]And if you touch my hat, your gonna have to fight us all...
[02:53.19]Well, right then I caught a little sadness in that gang leaders eyes,
[02:59.50]And he turned back t'wards the others and they all just sorta shuffled on outside
[03:05.64]But when my friend turned back t'wards me, I noticed his old hat brim
[03:10.80]Well it was turned up.. in a big ole texas grin