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It’s red and orange and yellow,
Delightfully ill-suited to your complexion,
Made by some industrious Browncoat
To keep you warm at this chilly convention.
I smile and I wave and, to get your attention,
With only the purest of friendly intentions,
Call over the crowd - I’ll admit, a bit loud -
“That hat makes you look like an idiot!”
It’s red and orange and yellow,
Made with love by a criminal’s mother,
It’s a hat that we wear for the love that we share
For a ship, and a crew, and each other,
It’s whimsical, cheerful, and charming,
But nobody really looks good in it,
So shout out with pride what cannot be denied,
“This hat makes us all look like idiots!”
This hat makes us all look like idiots!
I’m crestfallen, embarrassed, forlorn and contrite
At the way that your face just descended.
It would seem that insulting your very fine hat
Did not break the ice as intended.
I meant what I said with the utmost sincerity,
All in the spirit of fan solidarity.
Guess you don’t know I was quoting the show,
And that makes us both look like idiots.
It’s red and orange and yellow,
Made with love by a criminal’s mother,
It’s a hat that we wear for the love that we share
For a ship, and a crew, and each other,
It’s whimsical, cheerful, and charming,
But nobody really looks good in it,
So shout out with pride what cannot be denied,
“This hat makes us all look like idiots!”
This hat makes us all look like idiots!
I’m not in the habit of making cruel jokes,
And especially not to one’s face,
And you must have found my critique, so to speak,
Unforgivably lacking in grace,
But one day you’ll walk in on a shindig or marathon,
Think of that hat that you bought at that Comicon,
Slowly deposit your face in your palm,
And say to yourself, “I’m an idiot.”
It’s red and orange and yellow,
Made with love by a criminal’s mother,
It’s a hat that we wear for the love that we share
For a ship, and a crew, and each other,
It’s whimsical, cheerful, and charming,
But nobody really looks good in it,
So shout out with pride what cannot be denied,
“This hat makes us all look like idiots!”
This hat makes us all look like idiots!
You can say that it sits pretty cunning,
But you can’t say you really look good in it,
That hat makes you look like an idiot,
That hat makes you look like an idiot.
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Hi Talis! I heard you sing this on your song swap with Piers, I absolutely love it and in fact I am nicking it to be the first song I learn to play with my new CONCERTINA. V appropriate for a sailor’s song. I promise it won’t be a shanty when I’m done. bohemiancoast
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