Panama Hat

Breaking in a brand-new Panama hat
 Bought in Havana just like that
 Best hat Yankee dollars can buy
 Working on the brim 'cause I like it real flat
 Talkin' 'bout a brand-new Panama Hat
 It's gonna take some time
 But I'm a patient guy
 Walking on the beach with my private shade
 Sipping an ice-cold lemonade
 Just taking in the sea, the sun and sky
 Working on the brim 'cause I like it real flat
 Talkin' 'bout a brand new Panama Hat
 It's gonna take some time
 But I'm a patient guy
 Miami's good but Havana's better
 That's what I wrote my gal in a letter
 Wish you were here, we'd drink the whole town dry
 While she's back home with the kids and the flat
 I'm out here breaking in a Panama Hat
 It's gonna take some time
 But I'm a patient guy
 They got a special kinda rum that lights you up
 Someone's always there, to fill your cup
 Ain't like regular liquor and I can't say why
 I said I'm sitting in the same place Hemingway sat
 Breaking in my brand-new, brand-new Panama Hat
 It's gonna take some time
 But I'm a patient guy
 Breaking in a brand-new Panama hat
 Bought in Havana just like that
 Best hat Yankee dollars can buy
 Working on the brim 'cause I like it real flat
 Talkin' 'bout a brand new Panama Hat
 Gonna take some time
 But I'm a patient guy