"Straw Hat" genre: Americana
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	A wistful little ditty with acoustic, mandolin, bowed upright bass and a measure of romance
	CD: Pearl Harbor   Label: Aquamarine Records Credits: words & music by Elizabeth McCullough, Produced by Fred Smith and Elizabeth McCullough
	Story Behind the Song an almost verbatim narrative which became something of a fable on the page. Where you meet someone, become quickly infatuated, only for the other to go away as quickly as they came, leaving you with only your memory of an aspect of yourself they’ve mirrored back, left permanently open and exposed. (Hopefully for the best..) Lyrics Straw Hat He missed the boat - so he took a taxi - they sat in the rain while she smoked a cigarette She brought her straw hat - and he put it on his head - through his long lashes she could see forever She had a drink - and he had another - then he said maybe we should feed you lover As they sat together at the kitchen table she was so full up she couldn’t eat a bite He held her hand - as they walked the pier - said so much but there was so much more As they stood together at the end of the boardwalk in the Wall street shimmer they could see each other He wanted to look - and she wished to be - in the bedside light they found a moment in between She didn’t know - that he could be so true - to a vow so far away he couldn’t reach it As they sat together at the edge of the bed he found it wasn’t so easy not to break that promise He wore her straw hat - as he was looking in the mirror - at a face that he had never seen He walked through her closet door - then he took it off - tucked it beneath his arm and then he walked away

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