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I went to see a play last night It wasn't very long they said They said I'd be home after nine At ten I'd be home safe in bed At home (at home) I'd be so safe at home. I climbed the stairs, and I turned the key, And I wasn't really paying attention, And, oh, what surprise did I have in store, When I pushed in the door The door (the door) When I pushed in the door. There's my mate, he's wearing every hat that's in my drawer Get that off your head, I say, I won't take this no more (no more) Hats (My Hats) He's Wearing All my Hats --- You know what the Rooster means...
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I often sit alone down in my garden, Thinking about every little pretty toy and trinket that I know (Oh) There are often much too many to remember, So I recline my posture, take my pen, and jot them in my little book (Oh) And leaf by leaf, I fill the little margins with severity And day by day I deliver all my preference to posterity Each and every page, it goes like this: I like cakes and I like trains I like puddings and souffles I like Sunday football games on TV I like bowling in the park, Gin and ices after dark, Bowler hats and cricket caps and bearskins. You musn't think of me as very shallow, For I often sit up late at night and contemplate my portrait of the queen And in the morning hours, I am not resting I'm much too busy testing and protesting all the creases in my sheets (Oh) And my book is a way for me to believe That a nook is a home for you and for me For the things it shows are worth every ledger I know... ...so then each and every page, it goes like this: I like cricket, I like tea Some commercials bother me, but Croquet is the game for me on Mondays. I like church and fine museums, green berets, oh, when I see 'em Pill box hats and coonskin caps and kufi's Toques and turbans, helmets fair Bicorne felt-tops everywhere Ascot caps and Ushankas and Mitres --- And then they came a little closer, Reflecting faces in the glass And confiscating so demonstrably My hats... --- Reliable Parts (good morning) --- GIve me more, give me more Give me more more more! (music)
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Hat off your head, you silly man Have you no respect for a common man? Have you no idea what this could bring to me? Out on the street, there's a paper man With a camera lens 'hind a garbage can If he sees you here, he'll pay no heed to me! I don't mean to be rude, but you're not what they want to see (no no) And when I close my eyes at night, I know the future's bright for me (just me) Hat off your head, you silly man Have you no respect for a common man Have you no idea what this could bring to me?
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Ocean Blue 02:41
'Twas in my youth, I was a country boy hailing from Derbyshire Lost in a summertime, ah, when the world was mine! Then on a whim, I left it nimbly and took to the ocean blue Thinking it happier, alongside a crew! The shipmates got scurvy, The waves topsy-turvy, Oh, just to see land again! But that was so long, I sit with my pension now, cursing the ocean blue I give it all here, my warning to you! Now I'm painting fences, Scrounging me pences, And lost in that feeling again... Oh, ocean blue, ocean who took my youth Oh, what'chu gonna do? Oh, ocean blue, what are you going to do? Oh, to the sailors, to the crew? Oh, ocean whale, what a tail, what a tale! But I'm just a miser, And you're none the wiser, For you're all to be Lost in the sea!
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We're the house of a million (house of a million) House of a million parts! --- I was a lad in an English manor, Sweeping chimneys, hammering hammers I learned a lot from my old school master, Some addition, some subtraction But I had half a crown to my name, and I was a growin' boy Went to a factory east of York, and there I began my work Yes, there I began my work. After a while I noticed something, hands were shaking, chest was thumping Next thing I knew, I awoke in Bedlam Tried escaping through the transom... But that was very many years ago, And I am a dyin' man Hatless now for a century, But I'm doing the best I can... So have you got another hat for me? Cause my collection was once seventy And every milliner in the world agrees That you can't live in these brutalities So have you got another hat for me? I got my first when I was seventeen years old And I wish that I had grown With the hats I had not thrown (into the trash) Have you got another hat for me? I'd turn the pages of a magazine, Or search the chairs up in the mezzanine, Or poke my head into a guillotine Cause if you had another hat for me I'd welcome you into my family, Read you the paper over toast and tea, We'd scrimp and cherish every memory... So have you got another hat for me?
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After a while, I look back on our memories Every old feather and cap that we wore And it's a pity, I guess, that I held it against you, I'd let any friend of mine look through my drawers Yes, any old friend can come look through my drawers. And you aren't any stranger for wearing a bowler, And you aren't out of bedlam for shining a shoe, And you can come by my neighbourhood any old Thursday, For all of the neighbours are wearing hats too. Yes, all of the neighbours are wearing hats too. All of the members of parliament, All of the ladies of Kensington, All of the lads in the military, Every old man between pulpit and pew Is wearing one too. All of the statues in Birmingham, All of the horses in Yorkshire, All of the schoolboys in Liverpool, Even you, friend, in your crotchety shirt Have a way to wear hats that nobody has seen before, That nobody has seen before. --- Baby, don't you know we specialize Baby, don't you know we specialize In Parts!

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The Hat Incident was a 2016 collaborative musical project composed, recorded, mixed, and mastered in Ottawa by Raf Finn and Kevin O'Meara.

Inspired by a dream about hats, The Hat Incident is a parody of and tribute to 1960's British Psychedelic Pop music. We hope you like it.

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released September 1, 2016

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Credits by song:

My Hats, My Hats

Finn

- Lead and backup vocals, drums, guitars, bass, and manic laughter: Raf Finn
- Farfisa Organ and Phaser: Kevin O'Meara

Sitting in my Garden / Scotland Yard / Reliable Parts Jingle

Finn/O'Meara

- Lead and backup vocals, drums, guitars, bass, harmonica, tambourines, and trumpets: Raf Finn
- Slide Guitar, vocals, and bass: Kevin O'Meara

Silly Man

Finn

- Lead and backup vocals, drums, guitars, bass, harpsichord, piano, trumpets, and narrator: Raf Finn
- Violins, bicycle bells, and slide whistle: Kevin O'Meara

Ocean Blue

Finn/O'Meara

- Vocals, drums, acoustic guitar, and bass: Raf Finn
- 12 string guitar, electric guitar, vocals, and mellotron: Kevin O'Meara

House of a Million Parts Jingle / The Mad-Hatter Song

Finn

- Vocals and backup vocals, drums, guitars, bass, trumpets, and narrator: Raf Finn
- Vocals, whistles and mellotron: Kevin O'Meara

All of the Neighbours (Are Wearing Hats Too)

Finn

- Vocals, drums, acoustic guitar, bass, and trumpet blast: Raf Finn

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