Big Man's Hat Songtext
von Charlie Peacock

I used to wear a big man′s hat
In a big man's world
You got to have a big man′s hat
In a big man's world
I was just a child then, I acted like a boy
I bought my shirts at the Veterans Thrift
I wore myself a fur lined motorcycle jacket
I had to have peglegged jeans, I was one bad cat
And don't you forget, I wore a big man′s hat

I learned myself one good lick
From a one lick man
You got to know one good lick
To play in a one lick band
I was just a child then, I didn′t know a thing
I thought I had to talk like a fool
I thought I had to drink like a goldfish
I thought I had to lie like a dog, I was one sick cat
Was all this because I wore a big man's hat?


I used to have big man′s thoughts
In a young man's world
You got to have big man′s thoughts
To make a big man's girl
And when I finally made that girl, she did not have a clue
That I would break her like a matchstick
That I could turn young love into the third world war
That I′d sit in the seat where the devil had sat
That I could turn young love into the third world war
That I'd sit in the seat where the devil had sat
That I could turn young love into the third world war
That I'd sit in the seat where the devil had sat
That I could turn young love into the third world war
That I′d sit in the seat where the devil had sat

Was all of this because
All of this because
All of this because
Was all of this because
Was all of this because
All of this because

I wore a big man′s hat?

Is there a rhyme and a reason?
A cause and effect?
Was all of this directly related to the fact
I wore a big man's hat?


Is there a rhyme and a reason?
A cause and effect?
Was all of this directly related to the fact
I wore a big man′s hat?
I wore, I wore
I wore a big man's hat
I wore, I wore
I wore a big man′s hat
I wore a big man's hat
I wore a big man′s hat
I wore a big man's hat

Up upon my head I wore it
Up upon my head it sat
Up upon my head I wore it
I wore a big man's hat
That′s right
Up upon my head I wore it
Up upon my head it sat
Up upon my head I wore it
I wore a big man′s hat
Up upon my head I wore it
Oh yes I did
Up upon my head it sat
Up upon my head I wore it
I wore a big man's hat
I wore a big man′s hat
I wore a big man's hat
I wore a big man′s hat