Don’t Forget Your Hat Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Well, look out the window
Never saw so much rain

You better get down to the station
If you want to catch that train

So long, I guess that's that
Hey, hey, don't forget your hat


[Verse 2]
Well, you don't call the action
You don't make the rules

You don't pay the piper
You don't even pay the fuel

So long, I guess that's that
Hey, hey, don't forget your hat

[Verse 3]
Well, it's a big old world out there
Go get it if you can
You got a ways to go
Before you get to be a man
So long, I guess that's that
Hey, hey, don't forget your hat

Songwriter: Mark Knopfler

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Genius Annotation

“Don’t Forget Your Hat” by Mark Knopfler appears on his 2012 album, Privateering.

The album uses the life of the privateer at sea as a metaphor for life as a musician on the road.

This song is a monologue to a young man who believes he’s already got things figured out.

Credits
Recorded At
British Grove Studios
Release Date
September 3, 2012
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