Tom T. Hall - Hat Full Of Feathers lyrics

[Verse 1:] I was almost full grown gettin' wide in the shoulders Rubbin' my horns on a tree When I noticed that ladies had big eyes for cowboys They weren't noticin' me I bought me a Stetson and all of the trappin's Hung out where cowboys all gathered I copied their style and their slow way of talkin' Walked like I was chaffed by the leather I tasted the smiles of the rodeo queens And I lied about rides that I'd made Then a honker from Jasper I'd been lustin' after Said I'll be out to watch you today Oh the riggin' was borrowed but the fear was my own It was me and all hell tied together Too damn scared to fall boys I won it all And that's how I got my first feather [Chorus:] A feather for ev'ry event that I've won I will be a contender forever An all around cowboy I outrode 'em all And I got me a hat full of feathers [Verse 2:] Well I feathered my hat through a lot of hard miles Swapped bruises in a lot of good towns Lord how many cowboys and ladies and bronks Have left me laid out on the ground I don't know I've had ev'ry bone broken and son I ain't jokin' It's painful to be wired together I ain't quiet so proud as I was awhile ago But I got me a hat full of feathers [Chorus] [Outro:] A feather for ev'ry event that I've won And all of the storms I have weathered An all around cowboy holdin' my own With a shabby ole hat full of feathers