all the short asian people
who live by me
wear cool straw hats
on their way to the cannery

straw hats are cool

cute round pyramids
well-placed on their heads
they left their country
cz the yellows were reds

straw hats are cool
straw hats are cool

fate's on their brow
woven by hand
from bamboo grass
that grew in a different land
standing under their hats
they'll sometimes say hi
their families burn their hats
when one of them dies

straw hats are cool

there's a straw fire burning
the smoke hurts my eyes
when the men with the baseball bats
come to take more lives

straw hats are cool
straw hats are cool