The Brandos - Pass the Hat lyrics

Pass the hat, friend If you'd be so kind, friend Take a while For a smile and a song Leave your worries Leave your hurry In a while you're gonna find You can't help but sing along Take a look 'round At this hard town All you see People walking alone Weary places Saddened faces Got to bring these voices Together in a song Pass the hat You've got to live before you die Pass the hat Got to laugh more than you cry Pass the hat I'll give you all I've got to give Pass the hat, pass thе hat Oh, yeah Pass the hat, friend Wе're all the same, friend You and me And the man next to you 'Been through bad times 'Been through sad times Just the same, here's a song Just to help to get us through Take a look down The streets of this town Like a veil There's a gloom hangin' down But even still, friends If you've got the will, friends We can raise our voices Together all around Pass the hat, friend If you'd be so kind, friend Soon enough There's a grave for us all But we're alive, friends You and I, friends We can raise our voices There's still time before the fall