Lyrics Hat Full of Feathers - Tom T. Hall

Hat Full of Feathers

I was almost full grown gettin' wide in the shoulders
Rubbin' my horns on a tree
When I noticed that ladies had big eyes for cowboys
They weren’t noticin' me
I bought me a Stetson and all of the trappin’s
Hung out where cowboys all gathered
I copied their style and their slow way of talkin'
Walked like I was chaffed by the leather
I tasted the smiles of the rodeo queens
And I lied about rides that I’d made
Then a honker from Jasper I’d been lustin' after
Said I’ll be out to watch you today
Oh the riggin' was borrowed but the fear was my own
It was me and all hell tied together
Too damn scared to fall boys I won it all
And that’s how I got my first feather
A feather for ev’ry event that I’ve won
I will be a contender forever
An all around cowboy I outrode 'em all
And I got me a hat full of feathers
Well I feathered my hat through a lot of hard miles
Swapped bruises in a lot of good towns
Lord how many cowboys and ladies and bronks
Have left me laid out on the ground I don’t know
I’ve had ev’ry bone broken and son I ain’t jokin'
It’s painful to be wired together
I ain’t quiet so proud as I was awhile ago
But I got me a hat full of feathers
A feather for ev’ry event that I’ve won
And all of the storms I have weathered
An all around cowboy holdin' my own
With a shabby ole hat full of feathers