Lay My Hat

"Lay My Hat" is an unreleased song by British singer-songwriter Andy Fowler. The video was uploaded to his Facebook account on 27 February 2015. He wrote on it for six months as a side project, while he was in the band Overload."Andy Fowler (@andy.fowler)". Facebook. 27 February 2015. The song interpolates the 2011 song "Parachutes" by Charlie Simpson, with the following lines 'I've packed my bags to leave this town / I'm not welcome back here anymore / Upon these shores.'
== Background ==
"Lay My Hat" is about a musician that's been away from home for awhile. Fovvs first performed it live over a YouNow livestream, guessing it would be the next one that he would put out, though it was "Sweet Nothings" instead."Daniel Halawi (@dan9700)". YouNow. 26 November 2014. He wrote it around the same time as "Song About a Songwriter"."Fovvs (@fovvs)". Twitch. 9 November 2020.
He quoted the lyric, "this life is made for the ones who will roam" (present tense) two times over Twitter."RoadTrip (@RoadTripTV)". Twitter. 4 February 2017."RoadTrip (@RoadTripTV)". Twitter. 26 August 2017. In 2019, he acknowledged the song being four years old."Fovvs (@fovvs)". Twitter. 27 February 2019. On his Instagram post in May 2019, he referred to the song in the caption with several of its lyrics."Fovvs (@fovvs)". Instagram. 1 May 2019.
== Lyrics ==
== References ==
Category:2015 songs
Category:Andy Fowler songs
Category:Songs
Category:Unreleased songs