Songs:He Deserves The Hat (123784)

Lyrics

I saw a cowboy hat today on a celebrity.
She was looking cute and perky on the front of her CD
And I wondered if she’d ever fixed a fence out in the rain
Or kept a heifer company through her birthin’ pain.
Cause folks, if she ain’t done that
She don’t deserve the hat.

A banker in a cowboy bar in NYC. In his Stetson and his bolo tie
Was as cute as he could be,
And I wondered if he’d ever spent twelve hours at a time
Eatin’ trail dust, swattin’ flies, covered in grime.
Cause folks, if he ain’t done that, he don’t deserve the hat.

A cowboy hat’s the symbol of the ones who tamed the West.
It sheltered them from wind and sun and snow
and made a handy pillow when it came time to rest.
He wore it for utility and not for show.

Now my daddy is a cowboy who’s paid his dues.
He has earned his spurs, his belt buckle, his jeans of blue.
With his barbed-wire scarred hands, his perpetual tan
and eyes that stay squinted when the sun has gone to bed,
Somehow I know he’s earned the hat he wears on his head.
I don’t know much, but I know that he deserves the hat.

Now cowboy gear is all the rage today, I realize.
For most folks it’s simply just how they acsessorize.
I don’t mind that. Go out and have your fun.
But someday when you’re all alone and the partying is done
Take off that hat, put it over your heart, look up the heavens and say,
“I don’t know much but I know that I don’t deserve the hat.”
Now my daddy is a cowboy who’s paid his dues.
He has earned his spurs, his belt buckle, he jeans of blue.
With his barb-wire scarred hands, his perpetual tan
And eyes that stay squinted when the sun has gone to bed,
Somehow I know he’s earned the hat he wears on his head.
I don’t know much but I know that he deserves the hat.
I don’t know much, but I know that.