Put on your white sombrero
Saddle your horse my dear
And ride off into the sunset
You'd better go
For there is no
Place for you here
Like and old fashioned hero
You stand before me
You think our life is a movie
My world is real
I live and feel
And I can do without you
Put on your white sombrero
Your red bandana too
Think of this day as a showdown
Goodbye my friend
This is the end
For me and you
Now be a bold vacquero
Don't show your feelings
I'll cry while you're disappearing
Into the night
All dressed in white
Unchained and free without me
Put on your white sombrero
Like all the cowboys do
Go find a sweet senorita
Somebody meek
Who'll never speak
Harshly to you
You're such a cavaliero
Proud, never bending
I want someone who will take me
Just as I am
I need a man
Who is in rhyme
With his time
You'll never take me
Just as I am
I need a man
Who is in rhyme
With his time



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Put on Your White Sombrero Lyrics as written by Bjoern K. Ulvaeus Benny Goran Bror Andersson

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    Wow. I'm so surprised no one has commented on this song. It's one of my favorites!

    -cindy

    SmileyCindyzzzon September 15, 2006   Link
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    Cute song but easy to understrand, it's abouut the clash between old fashioned relationships where the gal obeys the guy and the new era of thinking women. Funny how in spite of being writen in the 70's it still makes sense nowadays. It should be different by now...

    alexsakuraon January 04, 2007   Link

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