[Verse 1: Triumphant Denver female stadium lead, triumphant belt, boots on gravel] Hard hat scratched and a radio crackle Tower crane turning like a metal tackle I flagged a joint on the west curtain wall Wrote it in triplicate, posted the call Weeks of red ink and a shrug from the brass They said ship the schedule, let the detail pass Then the city rolls in with a badge and a stare Inspector looks young with a familiar air Former apprentice with my notes in his book Walks to the joint with a careful long look Says this is the item you circled in May I say walk it with me and we settle today [Pre-Chorus: Triumphant Denver female stadium lead, building, louder every line] He wanted to fail it and prove he was grown I wanted the building to stand like a stone [Chorus: Triumphant Denver female stadium lead, shouted, full chest] Wear the hat, own the detail you flagged Do not let the schedule make the structure look lagged Walk it together till the answer is plain Wear the hat, then we sign off the same [Verse 2: Triumphant Denver female stadium lead, clipboard crack, she cracks the clipboard on the last beam under a drum fill, then the guitars open wide on the sign-off] Crack on the beam and the fill rolls around Crack like a gavel on the steel and the ground Guitars open wide when he nods at the fix Crew brings the plate and they set it in six He signs with a hand that still shakes from the past Says you were right and I learned it at last I keep the red copy in the lid of my hat Proof that the detail was never a spat [Chorus: Triumphant Denver female stadium lead, shouted, full chest] Wear the hat, own the detail you flagged Do not let the schedule make the structure look lagged Walk it together till the answer is plain Wear the hat, then we sign off the same [Bridge: Triumphant Denver female stadium lead, soft then huge] I could have crowed and I could have been cruel Apprentice to inspector is a difficult school Instead we both learned what the joint had to teach Pride is a hard hat that still has to reach [Verse 3: Triumphant Denver female stadium lead, triumphant and clear] Now every apprentice gets the west wall tour Flag what you see even when bosses look sore City still sends him and he walks it slow We argue like family and we both get to grow If the schedule is hungry keep the detail fed Better late than a headline of dread Wear the hat like it means what it says Own every joint till the building can rest [Chorus: Triumphant Denver female stadium lead, shouted, full chest] Wear the hat, own the detail you flagged Do not let the schedule make the structure look lagged Walk it together till the answer is plain Wear the hat, then we sign off the same [Outro: Triumphant Denver female stadium lead, stadium loud, the clipboard crack rings out and fades] Wear the hat Own it All [End]