Hat

Hat was the first word that my Lucy said

So much more than some thing that you just wear on your head

Shade from the sun, cover from snow and rain

Keep your big secret under it - I mean your brain

It's thrown in the air, it's kicked and stomped in the dust

Tip it if you will or doff it if you must

It's Orchestral, Mountain, Bonner, Grews, and Creek (?)

There's the crown and the band and the brim and the peak

Pull out a rabbit, put in all the names

There remain a man of mystery who's losing his hair

The good wear the white ones, it's black for the bad guys

Jack Abromoff the thing down over your eyes

She didn't say "Ma", she didn't say "Pa"

She said the first thing important she saw

Coulda been "juice", mighta been "cat"

Why in the world did Lucy say "hat"?

(Guitar Interlude)

Oh, why in the world did Lucy say "hat"?

She didn't say "car", she didn't say "star"

Those are as important as any words are

Ernie and Burt and the Count who's a bat

She didn't say those, instead she chose "hat"

You can pass it around or throw it down in defeat

There's the man on the mound and the cop on the beat

Remove it in church, sayin' "say can you see"

Uncover your head for God and Liberty

It's so much more than one thing, yeah, that you wear on your head

Hat was the first word my Lucy said

It looks good on a hook, oh, it's bad luck on a bed

Hat was the first word my Lucy said

Hat was the first word my Lucy said