Hat Full Of Feathers lyrics

[Verse 1]
I was almost full grown, getting wide in the shoulders
Rubbing my horns on a tree
When I noticed that ladies had big eyes for cowboys
They weren't noticing me
I bought me a Stetson and all of the trappings
Hung out where cowboys all gathered
I copied their style and their slow way of talking
Walked like I was chafed 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 lusting after
Said, "I'll be out to watch you today"
Oh, the rigging 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 every 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

[Interlude]
[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 broncs
Have left me laid out on the ground, I don't know
I've had every bone broken and son, I ain't joking
It's painful to be wired together
I ain't quite so proud as I was awhile ago
But I got me a hat full of feathers

[Chorus]
A feather for every 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
A feather for every event that I've won
And all of the storms I have weathered
An all-around cowboy, holding my own
With a shabby ol' hat full of feathers