[Verse 1]
I was born in a hat town
Raised on the Warrego
It’s hard out here but you tough it out
Like an old brigalow
From the back of the Channel Country
Across the western plains
The roads are straight and dusty
And the folks are much the same

[Chorus]
Roots run strong and deep out here in a hat town
And we'll carry on down through the years in a hat town
Well it might be Thargomindah, might be Barkly Downs
There's a pub and store and not much more, you’re livin' in an old hat town

[Verse 2]
Stuck out in the heat haze on a half mile 60 zone
Just a ragtag bunch of buildings made of wood and tin and stone
There's a swag of stories, most of them are true
Of how the locals pass the hat around and pull each other through

[Chorus]
Roots run strong and deep out here in a hat town
And we'll carry on down through the years in a hat town
Well it might be Thargomindah, might be Barkly Downs
There's a pub and store and not much more, you’re livin' in an old hat town
[Instrumental Bridge]

[Verse 3]
Well we're rouseabouts and drovers, bushies tried and true
And we're out here for the long haul not just blowin' through

[Chorus]
Roots run strong and deep out here in a hat town
And we'll carry on down through the years in a hat town
From the back of the Channel Country, and across the dusty downs
There's a pub a store and not much more, you're livin' in an old hat town
(Yeah)

[Outro]
[Yodel]
Livin' in a hat town
Livin' in an old hat town
[Yodel]