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letra de don't doff your hat - jon watts (singer)

[intro]
the scene is calm, the pastor speaks
the people sit in their seats
the aisles are long, the church is dark
it’s nearly impossible to find your spark
a woman coughs, a baby cries
the echo is infinite. you close your eyes
the air is musty; it smells like dust
you’re wondering why you keep coming back
i mean, you could be working or flat on your back
enjoying the gifts of the creation
but a matter of law is a matter of fact
you pay a tithe to the church
you pay more than a tax
you pay in spirit
your children are hungry
the preachеr spouts threats
about going to h-ll and paying your debts
and you bеlieve him
because he wears that hat
[verse 1]
then:
in strolls george fox, looking like he knows something
speaking in verse as if the words weren’t rehe-rs-d
he makes people panic and they turn away, afraid
immediately apprehensive till they heard him say
“yo, pastor. this pulpit is sacred
but so is the shop where i bought my shoes
and these people are sacred as they’re sitting in their pews
they don’t know god’s love any less than you.”
and sometimes, when the man is through with his verse
the people rise up and follow him out of the church
but most times he just gets himself arrested
he says “powers are vested in only the few
but god vested his powers into you.”
c’mon

[chorus]
it’s like this mister quaker
in your broad brim hat
you don’t doff that hat for n0body
and if you did doff it
often its a solemn little following of christ
or the inner light
whatever you can call it
c’mon
[verse 2]
yo, and in a prison in exeter
a prisoner got a letter
he sits in the corner unspoken
they said he healed people
they said he might be christ
with the letter next to him unopened
he had written hundreds of pamphlets
to the enemies of friends
god was sending him to listen to the answers
but one fanciful question
that he had to entertain in the same way
as he prayed to understand it
james naylor hadn’t slept for days
he might have missed the game plan
in the following ways
but it also might be true that he was faithful
he keeps saying the fables don’t favor the few
and that christ speaks through me too
c’mon

[chorus]
it’s like this mister quaker
in your broad brim hat
you don’t doff that hat for n0body
and if you did doff it
often its a solemn
little following of christ
or the inner light
whatever you can call it
c’mon
[verse 3]
yo, and is he simple?
h-ll yes, that man is simple
with his simple dress
his simple speech
a simple smile upon his dimple
when he walks down the street
that street is his temple
when you got the right sentiment
every place is sentimental
and when he sees a n0ble man
he doesn’t call him “you”
because he’s talking to one person, not two
because he’s kind of a leveler
and he’s kind of a ranter
and he’s standing with a lantern
trying to show you the light
when the spirit’s on fire
it can burn so bright

[outro]
okay, so to mr. george fox
don’t doff your hat
and to james naylor
don’t doff your hat
and out to margaret fell
don’t doff your hat
and to solomon eccles
don’t doff your hat
isaac pennington
don’t doff your hat
and to john woolman
don’t doff your hat
i said, lucretia mott
don’t doff your hat
and out to william penn
don’t doff your hat

- jon watts singer

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