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, (but don't you know...)
See, I was just a child then; I acted like a boy,
I bought my shirts at the Veteran's Thrift,
I wore myself a fur-lined motorcycle jacket,
I had to have peg-legged jeans; I was one bad cat,
Don't you forget: I wore a big man's hat. (big man's hat)

I learned myself one good lick from a one-lick man,
You gotta know one good lick to play in a one-lick band,
I was just a child then; I didn't know a thing, (no, no, no)
Thought I had to talk like a fool,
I though I had to drink like a goldfish,
Thought I had to lie like a dog; I was one sick cat,
Was all of this because I wore a big man's hat'
Oh yeah, big man's hat.

Check it...

I used to have a big man's thoughts in a young man's world,
You got to have a big man's thoughts to make a big man's girl,
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 to the third world war,
I'd sit in the seat where the devil had sat,
That I could turn young love to the third world war,
I'd sit in the seat where the devil had sat,
Was all of this because... (was all of this because)
All of this because... (was all of this because)
All of this because... (tell me, tell me, tell me, tell me)
All of this because I wore a big man's hat' (big man's hat)

Is there a rhyme and a reason, a cause and effect'
Was all of this directly related to the fact'

Is there a rhyme and a reason' Cause and effect'
Was all of this directly related to the fact' (I had to wear it)
(related to the fact I had to wear it)

I thought I had to talk like a fool,
I though I had to drink like a goldfish.

Up upon my head I wore it,
Up upon my head it sat,
Up upon my head I wore it,
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