Put on the Hat

from Camped Out in the Big Bang by Richard Haxton

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Put on the Hat
I dreamed of George Washington, old Tom Jefferson,
Abraham Lincoln. Dreamed of putting on the hat
Harriet Tubman, Rosa Parks, Cady Stanton, Fanny Lou Hamer,
Dreamed of putting on the hat
Malcolm in his jail cell. Martin with a tale to tell
Crazy Horse where he fell putting on the hat
Live like a sheep, die like a sheep
Got a big dream and some promises to keep

Got to put on the hat. Be what I got to be
Put on the hat. Keep struggling to be free
Put on the hat. Do what I got to do
Put on the hat. It’s all on me and you

Close shave, be brave, leave the cave, next wave
Living like Odysseus, “Tie me to the mast”
Set the goal, take control, black hole, sell the soul
Want the brass ring moving too fast
Lose my direction, need some protection
Make that connection. Got to make it last
Live like a sheep, die like a sheep
I wanna break loose. But I'm in too deep
Chorus
Hard sell, gotta jell, dancing on the rim of hell
Keep on sucking til I'm sucking success
Get smart, do my part, put the “M” back in “art”
Learn to cut my hair with a pencil sharpener
Take off like a rocket. Money in the pocket
Close my heart and lock it. Let them clean up the mess
Live like a sheep. Die like a sheep
Running through the valley it all looks like a peak
Chorus
Dreamed of George Washington, old Tom Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln
Dreamed of putting on the hat, putting on the hat putting on the hat

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from Camped Out in the Big Bang, released June 1, 2014

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Richard Haxton Los Angeles, California

From the middle of Mississippi, served in Viet Nam in Thailand, lives 5,000 feet from the world's oldest freeway. Searches for transcendence - or something - where science meets the spirit. Never quit fighting the war for the groove!

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