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The Wrong Hat

by Allan Barron

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1.
Top Gear 08:30
HE WAS ONLY SEVENTEEN OR SO THE PAPERS SAY DRIVING LIKE A LUNATIC, HE THOUGHT IT WAS THE WAY TO SHOW HIS FRIENDS HE WAS SO COOL, A MAN WHO KNEW NO FEAR NOT JUST A BOY WHO LIKED TO WATCH TOP GEAR ENGINES GUNNING, WATCH THEM RUNNING FROM THE LIGHTS, EVERY NIGHT LIKE THEIR HEROES, THEY’RE NOT ZEROES GREENS ARE WEIRDO’S , THEY’RE NOT RIGHT TYRES SCREAMING, HEADLIGHTS BEAMING, WIPERS SLASHING, THROUGH THE RAIN PUT YOUR FOOT DOWN, CORNERS SHOOT ROUND LEAVE YOUR HOMETOWN, FAR BEHIND IT ALWAYS LOOKED SO EASY WHEN HE’D SEEN IT ON THE SCREEN TO THROW THE CAR ROUND ALL THE BENDS, NOW HE COULD LIVE THE DREAM TO SHOW THE GIRLS HE WAS THE MAN, NOW IT WOULD BE SO CLEAR NOT JUST A BOY WHO LIKED TO WATCH TOP GEAR ENGINES GUNNING, WATCH THEM RUNNING FROM THE LIGHTS, EVERY NIGHT LIKE THEIR HEROES, THEY’RE NOT ZEROES GREENS ARE WEIRDO’S , THEY’RE NOT RIGHT TYRES SCREAMING, HEADLIGHTS BEAMING, WIPERS SLASHING, THROUGH THE RAIN PUT YOUR FOOT DOWN, CORNERS SHOOT ROUND LEAVE YOUR HOMETOWN, FAR BEHIND NOW HE’S NOT HERE ANYMORE, HE LOST IT ALL ONE NIGHT NEVER SAW IT COMING AND HE NEVER THOUGHT HE MIGHT BOYS WILL STILL BE BOYS UNTIL ONE DAY IT COSTS THEM DEAR JUST LIKE THE BOY WHO USED TO WATCH TOP GEAR ENGINES GUNNING, WATCH THEM RUNNING FROM THE LIGHTS, EVERY NIGHT LIKE THEIR HEROES, THEY’RE NOT ZEROES GREENS ARE WEIRDO’S , THEY’RE NOT RIGHT TYRES SCREAMING, HEADLIGHTS BEAMING, WIPERS SLASHING, THROUGH THE RAIN PUT YOUR FOOT DOWN, CORNERS SHOOT ROUND LEAVE YOUR HOMETOWN, FAR BEHIND
2.
I SAW A MAN COMING DOWN MY STREET I WAS LOOKING AT HIM COS HE WAS LOOKING AT ME HE SAID THE LIFE I WAS LEADING DIDN’T ADD UP TO JACK UNLESS I CHANGED MY WICKED WAYS AND JOINED THE GUYS IN HIS PACK HE SAID YOU CAN’T GO TO HEAVEN COS YOU WEAR THE WRONG HAT IT REALLY IS IMPORTANT SO YOU GOTTA FACE FACTS IT DOESN’T MATTER IF YOU’RE EVIL WE CAN TAKE CARE OF THAT BUT YOU CAN’T GET INTO HEAVEN IF YOU WEAR THE WRONG HAT WELL I THOUGHT ABOUT HIS WORDS BUT I COULD NOT AGREE. COS YOU SEE THE HAT I’M WEARING WELL IT’S UP TO ME, BUT IT DIDN’T MAKE NO DIFFERENCE WHEN I SAW HIM NEXT WHEN HE CAME BANGING ON MY DOOR AND HE WAS MIGHTY VEXED HE SAID YOU CAN’T GET INTO HEAVEN COS YOU WEAR THE WRONG HAT, YOU REALLY SHOULD HAVE TAKEN CARE OF THAT YOU’VE BEEN CARELESS WITH YOUR HEADGEAR – THE WHOLE OF YOUR LIFE NOW YOU’VE SACRIFICED YOUR TICKET TO THE AFTERLIFE WHO MAKES THE RULES? WHO ARE ALL THESE FOOLS? DRAGGING PEOPLE DOWN, GET UP OFF THE GROUND, ANOTHER POWERPLAY, SO THEY CAN RULE THE DAY GET UP OFF YOUR KNEES, SEE WHO YOU CAN BE WELL I TOLD HIM STRAIGHT THAT HE WAS ON THE WRONG TRACK THERE WERE NO SARTORIAL RULES ON MY SPIRITUAL MAP PEACE LOVE AND UNDERSTANDING – WAS ALLTHAT HE WOULD NEED STILL HE WOULDN’T LISTEN, HE SAID - “REPEAT AFTER ME” YOU CAN’T GET INTO HEAVEN COS YOU WEAR THE WRONG HAT I GOTTA HOTLINE TO MY MAKER AND HE DON’T ACCEPT THAT SO IF YOU WEAR A PORK-PIE OR A STETSON IS YOUR VICE YOU’LL BE DANCING WITH THE DEVIL WEARING WHAT THE HELL YOU LIKE WHO MAKES THE RULES? WHO ARE ALL THESE FOOLS? DRAGGING PEOPLE DOWN, GET UP OFF THE GROUND, ANOTHER POWERPLAY, SO THEY CAN RULE THE DAY GET UP OFF YOUR KNEES, SEE WHO YOU CAN BE HE SAID YOU CAN’T GO TO HEAVEN COS YOU WEAR THE WRONG HAT IT REALLY IS IMPORTANT SO YOU GOTTA FACE FACTS IT DOESN’T MATTER IF YOU’RE EVIL WE CAN TAKE CARE OF THAT BUT YOU CAN’T GET INTO HEAVEN IF YOU WEAR THE WRONG HAT HE SAID YOU CAN’T GET INTO HEAVEN COS YOU WEAR THE WRONG HAT, YOU REALLY SHOULD HAVE TAKEN CARE OF THAT YOU’VE BEEN CARELESS WITH YOUR HEADGEAR – THE WHOLE OF YOUR LIFE NOW YOU’VE SACRIFICED YOUR TICKET TO THE AFTERLIFE YOU CAN’T GET INTO HEAVEN COS YOU WEAR THE WRONG HAT I GOTTA HOTLINE TO MY MAKER AND HE DON’T ACCEPT THAT SO IF YOU WEAR A PORK-PIE OR A STETSON IS YOUR VICE YOU’LL BE DANCING WITH THE DEVIL WEARING WHAT THE HELL YOU LIKE
3.
Look At Me 06:36
I WAS STANDING ON MY OWN, I WAS FEELING SO ALONE, NO-ONE NOTICED ME AT ALL, ‘TIL ONE DAY I GOT THE CALL, TO JOIN IN THE T.V. FUN, NOW I’VE GOT THEM ON THE RUN, DON’T NEED TALENT I GOT FAME, EVERYBODY KNOWS MY NAME LOOK AT ME, WON’T YOU LOOK AT ME, I’M EVERYTHING YOU’RE SUPPOSED TO BE, I MIGHTN’T BE ALIVE BUT I’M ON T.V., EVERYBODY TAKE A LOOK AT ME LOOK AT ME, WON’T YOU LOOK AT ME, I GUESS YOU FEEL KINDA ORD’NARY WHEN YOU SEE SOMEONE LIKE ME, SO BABY BABY TAKE A LOOK AT ME NOW I’M EVERYWHERE YOU GO, WHAT I DO NOBODY KNOWS, DOESN’T MATTER WHEN OR WHERE, ALL THAT MATTERS IS I’M THERE EVERYTIME I CHANGE MY HAIR, I GET MONEY FROM SOMEWHERE STILL I KNOW THAT IT WON’T LAST, FIFTEEN MINUTES GOES SO FAST LOOK AT ME, WON’T YOU LOOK AT ME, I’M EVERYTHING YOU’RE SUPPOSED TO BE, I MIGHTN’T BE ALIVE BUT I’M ON T.V., EVERYBODY TAKE A LOOK AT ME LOOK AT ME, WON’T YOU LOOK AT ME, I GUESS YOU FEEL KINDA ORD’NARY WHEN YOU SEE SOMEONE LIKE ME, SO BABY BABY TAKE A LOOK AT ME BY MY PUBLIC I’M ADORED, LET’S JUST HOPE THEY DON’T GET BORED, I’M OUTRAGEOUS ALL THE TIME, WHILE THEY WORSHIP AT MY SHRINE, I TRIED TO DANCE AND SKATE AND SING, BUT I COULDN’T DO A THING STILL I’M GREAT AT WHAT I DO, BEING ME AND NOT BEING YOU! LOOK AT ME, WON’T YOU LOOK AT ME, I’M EVERYTHING YOU’RE SUPPOSED TO BE, I MIGHTN’T BE ALIVE BUT I’M ON T.V., EVERYBODY TAKE A LOOK AT ME LOOK AT ME, WON’T YOU LOOK AT ME, I GUESS YOU FEEL KINDA ORD’NARY WHEN YOU SEE SOMEONE LIKE ME, SO BABY BABY TAKE A LOOK AT ME
4.
Archeology 04:25
WHATS’S DOWN THERE BELOW US NOW, DOWN THERE IN THE GROUND THE LOOSE CHANGE OF THE CENTURIES, - STILL TO BE FOUND TRAMPLED DOWN AND LOST IN TIME, MILLENNIA COME ROUND PEELING BACK THE SEDIMENTS AS YOU DIG ON DOWN STILL ITS HARD, AND YOU GOTTA GO SLOW TO FIND OUT WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ALL THAT’S LEFT IS ARCHEOLOGY PUZZLES ABOUT HOW WE USED TO BE I’VE GOT TIME FOR ARCHEOLOGY NOW THERE’S NO MORE TIME FOR YOU AND ME PIECES OF OLD POTTERY, SOME COINS AND LOST KNIVES ALL THAT’S LEFT TO TELL THE TALE, OF EARLIER LIVES WOULD THERE STILL BE TIME TO LOVE, OR JUST WONDER WHY? THE GODS HAD ALWAYS MADE IT SO, YOU LIVE THEN YOU DIE STILL ITS HARD, AND YOU GOTTA GO SLOW TO FIND OUT WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ALL THAT’S LEFT IS ARCHEOLOGY PUZZLES ABOUT HOW WE USED TO BE I’VE GOT TIME FOR ARCHEOLOGY NOW THERE’S NO MORE TIME FOR YOU AND ME SO I LOOK FOR TRACES WHICH ARE SCATTERED ALL AROUND MINING THE MEMORIES, - RELIVING THE SOUNDS OF WHEN YOU WERE STILL HERE WITH ME, THERE’S NOT MUCH TO SEE YOU TOOK IT ALL AWAY WITH YOU, SO HOW MUCH COULD IT MEAN? STILL ITS HARD, AND YOU GOTTA GO SLOW TO FIND OUT WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ALL THAT’S LEFT IS ARCHEOLOGY PUZZLES ABOUT HOW WE USED TO BE I’VE GOT TIME FOR ARCHEOLOGY NOW THERE’S NO MORE TIME FOR YOU AND ME
5.
Blameless 06:41
IT WASN’T ME - I WOULDN’T DO THAT TO YOU AND LEAVE YOU CRYING - WHEN YOU THOUGHT MY LOVE WAS TRUE IT WASN’T YOU - YOU WOULDN’T HURT ME AT ALL AND LEAVE ME TRYING - TRYING TO MAKE SENSE OF IT ALL BLAMELESS, - THERE’S NO ONE ELSE AROUND PRICELESS, - A LOVE THAT’S HIT THE GROUND CARELESS, - TO LET IT SLIP AWAY HOPELESS, - THE WAY I FEEL TODAY (Cos We’re) BLAMELESS BLAMELESS BLAMELESS BLAMELESS EVERY TIME AND HOW CAN I - UNDERSTAND WHERE WE WENT WRONG I WONDER WHY - IT COULD SEEM RIGHT FOR SO LONG AND I HEAR YOU - AND YOUR SINGING SOME SAD SONG I’D SING IT WITH YOU - BUT YOU’RE BETTER ON YOUR OWN BLAMELESS, - THERE’S NO ONE ELSE AROUND PRICELESS, - A LOVE THAT’S HIT THE GROUND CARELESS, - TO LET IT SLIP AWAY HOPELESS, - THE WAY I FEEL TODAY (Cos We’re) BLAMELESS BLAMELESS BLAMELESS BLAMELESS EVERY TIME
6.
Empty Heart 05:17
YOU’RE CARRYING ON LIKE I’M SO DUMB THAT YOU CAN DO WHAT YOU WANT, AND I’LL STILL COME RUNNING TO YOU IN THE SAME OLD WAY LIKE I’M SOME KIND OF FOOL AND I’LL ALWAYS STAY WELL I GOT NEWS FOR YOU , TIME TO REARRANGE I GOT TIRED OF WAITING FOR YOU TO CHANGE YOU’VE BEEN TREATING ME BAD AND YOU’RE A CRYING SHAME YOU KNOW YOU ONLY GOT YOURSELF TO BLAME YOU LIKE TO THINK YOU GOT A HOLD ON ME BUT I CAN TURN IT AROUND , SO YOU CAN SEE AN EMPTY HEART WHERE LOVE SHOULD BE SOME WASTED TIME SOME MISERY A FROZEN TEAR TOO COLD TO FALL STANDS WITNESS TO THE RISE AND FALL OF ALL YOU EVER MEANT TO ME I BROKE YOUR SPELL AND NOW I’M FREE AND ONE DAY YOU’LL REMEMBER WHEN YOU’RE ALL ALONE BUT TOO LATE THEN NOW THE COVER OF NIGHT UNWINDS TOO SOON TO FORGET YOURSELF WITH THE USUAL CREW AND YOU’RE TRYING TOO HARD NOT TO BE ALONE THERE’S GOT TO BE SOMEONE, THAT YOU CAN PHONE YOU LIKE TO THINK YOU GOT A HOLD ON ME BUT I CAN TURN IT AROUND , SO YOU CAN SEE BUT YOU’RE ALL OUT OF NUMBERS ‘CEPT NUMBER ONE AND THAT’S NO GOOD TO YOU WHEN THE SHADOWS COME TO REMIND YOU OF CHANCES YOU THREW AWAY OH YOU’D TAKE IT ALL BACK NOW, BUT LOVE DON’T WAIT YOU LIKE TO THINK YOU GOT A HOLD ON ME BUT I CAN TURN IT AROUND , SO YOU CAN SEE AN EMPTY HEART WHERE LOVE SHOULD BE SOME WASTED TIME SOME MISERY A FROZEN TEAR TOO COLD TO FALL STANDS WITNESS TO THE RISE AND FALL OF ALL YOU EVER MEANT TO ME I BROKE YOUR SPELL AND NOW I’M FREE AND ONE DAY YOU’LL REMEMBER WHEN YOU’RE ALL ALONE BUT TOO LATE THEN
7.
NO ONE PULLS THE MASK AWAY, TO SEE WHAT’S BEHIND YOUR DISGUISE ALL THE DIFFERENT ROLES YOU PLAY TO MAKE YOU FIT IN, THEY’RE ALL LIES NOTHING AS IT SEEMS TO BE, NO ONE KNOWS WHO YOU ARE IN A WORLD SUCH AS THIS ONE, YOU’LL GO FAR HAPPY WAS THE DAY WHEN YOU DISCOVERED THAT THAT’S ALL YOU NEED FACE THE WORLD, PUT ON A SHOW, AND NOBODY SEES WHEN YOU BLEED A LIFE MADE OF SMOKE AND MIRRORS, ALL SPARKLE AND SHINE IN A WORLD SUCH AS THIS ONE, THAT’S JUST FINE WHEN YOU GET UP IN THE MORNING – YOUR DISGUISE IS WAITING BY THE WINDOW – YOUR DISGUISE YOU CAN CHANGE IT WHEN YOU WANT TO - YOUR DISGUISE DOES IT EVER DISAPPOINT YOU – YOUR DISGUISE SOMETIMES WHEN YOU’RE ON YOUR OWN, YOU THINK MAYBE NOTHING IS REAL EVERYONE’S PRETENDING SO YOU CAN’T EVER TELL HOW THEY FEEL DON’T LET THEM KNOW THAT YOU’RE LONELY OR SEE THE TEARS THAT YOU CRY IN A WORLD SUCH AS THIS ONE, YOU’LL GET BY WHEN YOU GET UP IN THE MORNING – YOUR DISGUISE IS WAITING BY THE WINDOW – YOUR DISGUISE YOU CAN CHANGE IT WHEN YOU WANT TO - YOUR DISGUISE DOES IT EVER DISAPPOINT YOU – YOUR DISGUISE
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SUNSHINE MIDDAY BLUE SKY DAYDREAM MOVING THROUGH IN ONE DIRECTION VOICES COMING INTO FOCUS GUIDE YOU TO – YOUR RENDEZVOUS SHE STANDS BY THE COOLING WATER SMILING, WAVING AS SHE SEES YOU RUNNING, THEN HER ARMS AROUND YOU GLAD TO BE – IN LOVE TODAY AND YOU’RE TURNING IT AROUND FOR EVERYBODY LET YOUR LOVE FLOW – THROUGH THE WORLD TURNING IT AROUND FOR EVERYBODY MAY YOUR LOVE LIVE – ON AND ON NIGHTIME CITY, SUNSET SKYLINE RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC GOING NOWHERE ITS ALL THERE BUT YOU DON’T NOTICE IT MIGHT BE, LIGHT YEARS AWAY LOCKED IN SILENT ADMIRATION LIKE SO MANY GONE BEFORE YOU OUTSIDE LIFE GOES ON AROUND YOU NOTHING BREAKS – THAT GOLDEN SPELL AND YOU’RE TURNING IT AROUND FOR EVERYBODY LET YOUR LOVE FLOW – THROUGH THE WORLD TURNING IT AROUND FOR EVERYBODY MAY YOUR LOVE LIVE – ON AND ON TURNING IT AROUND FOR EVERYBODY LET YOUR LOVE FLOW – THROUGH THE WORLD TURNING IT AROUND FOR EVERYBODY MAY YOUR LOVE LIVE – ON AND ON
9.
WAY BACK WHEN IT ALL BEGAN, BEFORE YOU HAD YOUR MASTERPLAN THE GOLDEN AGE OF ROCK AND ROLL, YOU FELT WITH ALL YOUR HEART AND SOUL NOTHING EVER MATTERED MORE, YOU THOUGHT YOU REALLY KNEW THE SCORE THOSE TEENAGE DREAMS WEREN’T MEANT TO LAST, BUT YOU HELD ON TIGHT WHEN THE WORLD CHANGED FAST NOW NO ONE HEARS YOU SING THE BLUES STANDING ALL ALONE IN YOUR ROCK AND ROLL SHOES YESTER DAY YOU WERE THE NEWS NOW THE SHINE HAS GONE, FROM YOUR ROCK AND ROLL SHOES YOU LEFT HOME AT SEVENTEEN, TRIED TO MAKE IT ON THE SCENE FOR A WHILE YOU HAD SOME FAME, FOR A WHILE THEY KNEW YOUR NAME BUT YOU SOON GOT LEFT BEHIND, DIDN’T MAKE YOU CHANGE YOUR MIND FASHIONS CAME AND FASHIONS WENT, ANY MONEY SOON GOT SPENT NOW NO ONE HEARS YOU SING THE BLUES STANDING ALL ALONE IN YOUR ROCK AND ROLL SHOES YESTER DAY YOU WERE THE NEWS NOW THE SHINE HAS GONE, FROM YOUR ROCK AND ROLL SHOES THEY PLAYED YOUR RECORD ON THE ALL NIGHT RADIO OTHER WISE YOU MIGHT HAVE DIED SOME TIME AGO SOMETIMES YOU FEEL LIKE GIVING UP WHEN YOU FEEL LOW BUT YOU GOT TO KEEP ON SINGING GOT TO KEEP ON SINGING LIVING HARD FROM TOWN TO TOWN, SEE THE BOYBANDS DO THE ROUNDS MINSTRELS FROM A DIFFERENT AGE, IT WOULD SEEM THEY’RE ALL THE RAGE SO YOU STAY WITH WHAT YOU KNOW, MOVING ON FROM SHOW TO SHOW HAPPY THAT YOU WERE AROUND, WHEN THE GOOD STUFF ALL WENT DOWN NOW NO ONE HEARS YOU SING THE BLUES STANDING ALL ALONE IN YOUR ROCK AND ROLL SHOES YESTER DAY YOU WERE THE NEWS NOW THE SHINE HAS GONE, FROM YOUR ROCK AND ROLL SHOES NOW NO ONE HEARS YOU SING THE BLUES STANDING ALL ALONE IN YOUR ROCK AND ROLL SHOES YESTER DAY YOU WERE THE NEWS NOW THE SHINE HAS GONE, FROM YOUR ROCK AND ROLL SHOES
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ANOTHER DAY IN MY OLD TOWN THE ONE WHERE ITS ALL CLOSING DOWN THE SHIPYARDS AND THE FACTORIES THE PUBS, THE SHOPS, THE LIBRARIES WELL WHO HAS BROUGHT ALL THIS TO BEAR ITS NOT BAD LUCK, LIKE WE DON’T CARE NO ONE’S GOING ANYWHERE AUSTERITY HAS WON YES WE’RE LIVING IT AGAIN ALL YOU DO IS MAKE IT RAIN IT’S ALRIGHT FOR YOU, TO DO THE THINGS YOU DO YOU DON’T CARE WHO YOU SCREW, SO IT’S ALRIGHT FOR YOU IT’S ALRIGHT FOR YOU, YOUR MONEY’S COMING THROUGH YOU CAN COUNT IT WHILE YOU CHEW, YEAH IT’S ALRIGHT FOR YOU ONE PERCENT ARE DOING FINE THEY GOT FIFTEEN WANT NINETY NINE TEN PERCENT GOT THIRTY ONE AND THEY KNOW WHERE ITS COMING FROM THEN WE COME TO YOU AND ME WHO PAY THE PRICE FOR OTHERS GREED “WE’RE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER” SEE BUT THEY MEAN US NOT THEM! YES WE’RE LIVING IT AGAIN ALL YOU DO IS MAKE IT RAIN IT’S ALRIGHT FOR YOU, TO DO THE THINGS YOU DO YOU DON’T CARE WHO YOU SCREW, SO IT’S ALRIGHT FOR YOU IT’S ALRIGHT FOR YOU, YOUR MONEY’S COMING THROUGH YOU CAN COUNT IT WHILE YOU CHEW, YEAH IT’S ALRIGHT FOR YOU “THERE’S NO MONEY”, BUT THAT’S NOT TRUE IF YOU’RE PART OF THE WEALTHY FEW THE FAT CATS AND THE CITY MEN HELP WIN ELECTIONS FOR THEIR FRIENDS SO NEXT TIME THEY TELL YOU THE LIE THAT NO ONE CAN THE DEBT DENY REMEMBER WHO GETS ALL THE PIE WHEN YOU LET THE PIGGIES WIN YES WE’RE LIVING IT AGAIN ALL YOU DO IS MAKE IT RAIN IT’S ALRIGHT FOR YOU, TO DO THE THINGS YOU DO YOU DON’T CARE WHO YOU SCREW, SO IT’S ALRIGHT FOR YOU IT’S ALRIGHT FOR YOU, YOUR MONEY’S COMING THROUGH YOU CAN COUNT IT WHILE YOU CHEW, YEAH IT’S ALRIGHT FOR YOU

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released June 6, 2013

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Allan Barron Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK

Songwriter/Musician based in North East of England.

My favourite music tends to be late 60's/early 70's rock music and late 70's 'new wave'. In particular I like early 70's British Prog rock, as well as the Beatles, Steely Dan, Pink Floyd, the Who, Squeeze and countless others. What this means is I love a good tune.

Whether this has any influence on my own music I'll let the listener decide!
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