The Cowboy in a Hundred Gallon Hat |
LyricsCOWBOY IN A HUNDRED GALLON HATI WAS DYING IN THE DESERT OF HUNGER AN THIRST I COULDN?T BELIEVE MY SWOLLEN EYES AT FIRST ALONG CAME THIS COWBOY IN A HUNDRED GALLON HAT HE CHARGED UP ON HIS WHITE HORSE AND DOWN HE SAT HIS COWBOY CLOTHES HAD NOT ONE SPECK OF DUST HIS WHITE HAT WAS TALLER THAN ANY CACTUS HE SAID SON YOU LOOK STARVED I?LL MAKE YOU SOME STEW AND HE PULLED OUT OF HIS HAT A MICROWAVE IT WAS BRAND NEW HE WARMED UP THE STEW QUICKER THAN A FIDDLE I STARTED TO EAT BUT I STOPPED IN THE MIDDLE WHOA! WHERE?D YOU PLUG IN THAT MICROWAVE COWBOY? HE GRINNED LIKE A CAT AND SAID IN A VOICE REAL COY I PLUGGED IT IN FROM TUCSON ?CAUSE TUCSON?S MY HOME COWBOY TUCSON?S MILES FROM WERE YOU NOW ROAM REACHING IN AGAIN HE POPPED TWO CANS OF BEER I SAID LOOK IN YOUR HAT COWBOY FOR MY RUNAWAY STEER AFTER WE ATE HE TOOK OUT SOFAS AND A TABLE WITH A COLORED T.V.ON A VERY LONG CABLE HE SAID YOU WON?T BELIEVE ME BUT IT?S ALL TRUE I?M PLUGGING IN THIS T.V. FROM TUCSON TOO AT MIDNIGHT HE YAWNED WANT A REGULAR BED OR ONE OF THOSE WARM WATER BEDS INSTEAD? AND I SAID I?M HALLUCINATING HE SAID NO WAY BUT, WE?RE IN THE DESERT PLUGS DON?T WORK THAT WAY HEY COWBOY I CAN?T SLEEP UNTILYOU ANSWER ME SON TUCSON?S NOT THAT FAR IT?S IN MY HAT COME SEE YUP WHEN I GET LONELY I PUT TUCSON IN MY HAT AND PLUG IN MY APPLIANCES WHEREEVER I?M AT! NOW, I?VE GOT A QUESTION, WILL YOU HELP ME OUT SON? TO THE COWBOY IN A HUNDRED GALLON HAT I SAID DONE I SLEEP BEST UNDER AN ARIZONA SKY IT?S SO BLUE THE SKY?S A TIGHT FIT IN MY HAT HELP ME SQUEEZE IT THROUGH THANKS TO THE COWBOY IN THE HUNDRED GALLON HAT I SELL DON?T BE LONELY HATS WHEREEVER I?M AT WE EVEN HAVE TWO HUNDRED GALLON HATS FOR SALE THE UNIVERSE FITS IN THESE HATS WITHOUT FAIL! Repeat first line and last verse and fade Joe Pickering Jr. Songwriter King of the Road Music BMI publisher and copyright owner C 1991 |
| Song Length: 3:24 |
| Primary Genre: Country-Contemporary |
| Secondary Genre: - |