This Cowboy's Hat-Lee Kernaghan

[ti:This Cowboy's Hat] [ar:Lee Kernaghan] [al:1959] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]This Cowboy's Hat - Lee Kernaghan [00:12.37]Well I was sitting in a road house [00:14.21]Having a cup to pass the time [00:15.51] [00:17.47]Swapping radio stories [00:18.16] [00:18.82]With a few old territory friend of mine [00:20.80] [00:23.32]When some motorcycle riders started snickering in the back [00:26.22] [00:28.60]They were poking fun at my friends hat [00:30.42] [00:34.43]Well one old boy said Hey Tex [00:36.32]Where'd you park your horse [00:37.12] [00:39.24]My friend just turned his hat down low [00:41.29]But they couldn't be ignored [00:42.12] [00:44.88]Then one husky fella said [00:46.13]I think I'll rip that hat right off your head [00:48.42] [00:50.11]That's when my friend turned round [00:51.42]And this is what he said [00:52.31] [00:54.80]You'll ride a black tornado across the western sky [00:59.01] [01:00.39]You'll rope an old blue norther [01:02.07] [01:03.10]And milk it till it's dry [01:04.60] [01:05.90]Bulldog the Diamantina pin its ears down flat [01:10.54] [01:11.76]Long before you take this cowboy's hat [01:14.77] [01:18.57]Now this old hat is better left alone [01:20.62] [01:23.46]You see it used to be my fathers [01:25.07] [01:25.82]But last year he passed on [01:27.36] [01:29.43]My uncle skinned the red belly black [01:30.93] [01:31.49]That makes up this old hat band [01:32.88] [01:34.79]But back in 69 he was killed in Vietnam [01:37.25] [01:41.05]Now the eagle feather was given to me [01:42.94]By an old aboriginal friend of mine [01:44.21] [01:46.68]But someone run him down somewhere [01:48.28]Up around that Northern Territory [01:49.70] [01:52.41]And real special lady gave me this hat pin [01:54.82] [01:57.17]But I don't know if I'm ever going to see you again [01:59.38] [02:01.87]You'll ride a black tornado across the western sky [02:06.25] [02:07.54]You'll rope an old blue norther [02:09.05] [02:10.21]And milk it till it's dry [02:11.76] [02:12.99]Bulldog the Diamantina pin its ears down flat [02:17.88] [02:18.97]Long before you take this cowboy's hat [02:21.69] [02:25.77]Now if your leather jacket means to you [02:27.84]What this old hat means to me [02:29.32] [02:30.94]Then I guess we understand each other [02:32.82]And we'll just let it be [02:33.95] [02:36.75]But if you still think it's funny [02:38.39]Then you've got my back up against the wall [02:40.39] [02:41.74]And if you touch my hat [02:43.04]Then you're gonna have to fight us all [02:44.40] [02:48.22]Well right then I noticed a little sadness [02:50.04]In that gang leaders eyes [02:51.04] [02:53.78]He turned back towards the others [02:55.32]And they all just shuffled on outside [02:56.95] [02:59.31]But when my friend turned back towards me [03:00.92] [03:02.05]I noticed his hat brim [03:02.88] [03:03.74]Well it was turned up in a big old Territory grin [03:06.79] [03:09.12]You'll ride a black tornado across the western sky [03:13.40] [03:14.71]You'll rope an old blue norther [03:16.56] [03:17.45]And milk it till it's dry [03:19.08] [03:20.26]Bulldog the Diamantina pin its ears down flat [03:24.81] [03:26.14]Long before you take this cowboy's hat