Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song Hat Full of Feathers, artist - Tom T. Hall.
Date of issue: 31.12.1977
Song language: English
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 |