Old Fashioned Hat

By Anaïs Mitchell

On The Brightness

Released on February 13, 2007

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[Verse 1]

Summer went the way of spring

Winter's waiting in the wings

And we haven't saved anything

But it's alright

'Cause we already paid the rent

There's still some money we haven't spent

Go put on something different

We're going out tonight


[Verse 2]

I have loved you for so long

Even when I could only do you wrong

Go see if they have our song

On the jukebox over there

A dollar gets you seven plays

I watch you through a smoky haze

Secret smile on your face

Sorry if I stare


[Chorus]

But you look like a stranger

In that old-fashioned hat

And I got a pocketful of change

And I don't wanna go home yet


[Verse 3]

Clearly I remember when

I used to scratch my poems

On the backs of other lovers in the

Darkness of my mind

Back before I made my home

In the marrow of your bones

Now I know your figure like my own

Even from behind


[Chorus]

But you look like a stranger

In that old-fashioned hat

And I got a pocketful of change

And I don't wanna go home yet


[Verse 4]

Hey, and we'll be married soon

We'll be dancing to this very tune

And then we'll have a honeymoon

And then we'll start to fight

Bring the tonic and the gin

Say, what was your name again?

Stick another quarter in

And stay with me tonight


[Chorus]

You look like a stranger

In that old-fashioned hat

And I got a pocketful of change

And I don't wanna go home