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Everybody Wants My Hat

from Everybody Wants My Hat by Marc Black

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I wrote this song in the back of a bus with nothing to do but enjoy the possum fur hat which I had just purchased at an outdoor mall in Berlin. I don't know what got into me...

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Everybody Wants My Hat
Everybody wants my hat,
Whatayathink about that
Maybe its the shape or the color
It could be the brim that Intoxicates ‘em
Not that I’m such an attractive fella

My hat itself, I took it right off the shelf
I never gave it a whole lotta thought
But once I put it on, bing bang bong
The most amazing thing I ever bought
And now, everybody wants my hat
Whataya think about that

Now, when folks talk with me, I can see
They’re staring at the top of my head
And I talk back to them, but again and again
They don’t seem to hear a word that I’ve said

They ask how much dough for that chapeau
If I would be so kind
I even tell ‘em the store, but there are no more
This puppy is one of a kind

That’s right, everybody wants my hat
John, Julie and Matt
Everybody wants my hat
Susan, Peter and Pat
They all want my hat
What you think about that

Now I have some friends who like to pretend
They don’t even notice my lid
But I know they’d love to snatch it, if they could catch it
Right off of the top of my head

So I think I’ll stay home where I can’t go wrong
And I got nothing to fear
just me and my hat all day long
Stylin’ in the full length mirror

That’s right, Everybody wants my hat
John, Julie and Matt
Everybody wants my hat
Big, tall, skinny and fat
They all want my hat
What you think about that

I look good
I knew I would
Sing it again

Everybody wants my hat
John, Julie and Matt
Everybody wants my hat
Susan, Peter & Pat
They all want my hat
What you think about that
That’s it!

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from Everybody Wants My Hat, released April 30, 2021

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Marc Black Katonah, New York

Marc plays a finger style blues in the traditions of Mississippi Hurt and the great Tim Hardin. Right up to Covid, he was a proud road warrior, inducted into the New York Chapter of the Blues Hall of Fame in June of 2014. As WFUV DJ, John Platt wrote about Marc. "We need to hear his songs now more than ever." ... more

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