Panama Hat

Breaking in a brand-new Panama hat Bought in Havana just like that Best hat Yankee dollars can buy Working on the brim 'cause I like it real flat Talkin' 'bout a brand-new Panama Hat It's gonna take some time But I'm a patient guy Walking on the beach with my private shade Sipping an ice-cold lemonade Just taking in the sea, the sun and sky Working on the brim 'cause I like it real flat Talkin' 'bout a brand new Panama Hat It's gonna take some time But I'm a patient guy Miami's good but Havana's better That's what I wrote my gal in a letter Wish you were here, we'd drink the whole town dry While she's back home with the kids and the flat I'm out here breaking in a Panama Hat It's gonna take some time But I'm a patient guy They got a special kinda rum that lights you up Someone's always there, to fill your cup Ain't like regular liquor and I can't say why I said I'm sitting in the same place Hemingway sat Breaking in my brand-new, brand-new Panama Hat It's gonna take some time But I'm a patient guy Breaking in a brand-new Panama hat Bought in Havana just like that Best hat Yankee dollars can buy Working on the brim 'cause I like it real flat Talkin' 'bout a brand new Panama Hat Gonna take some time But I'm a patient guy