Old hippie

Old hippiethe bellamy brothersghe turned thirty-five last sundayc gin his hair he found some graybut he still ain't changed his lifestylec dhe likes it better the old way c gso he grows a little garden in the back yard by the fence c ghe's consuming what he's growing nowadays in self defense dhe get's out there in the twilight zone c gsometimes when it just don't make no sensehe gets off on country musiccause disco left him coldhe's got young friends into new wavebuts he's just too damn oldand he dreams at night of woodstockand the day john lennon diedhow the music made him happyand the silence made him cryyea he thinks of john sometimesand he has to wonder why== chorus == che's an old hippie gand he don't know what to do dshould hang on to the old gshould he grab on to the new che's an old hippie ghis new life is just a bust dhe ain't trying to change nobody c d ghe just trying real hard to adjusthe was sure back in the sixtiesthat everyone was hipthen they sent him off to vietnamon his senior tripand they force him to become a manwhile he was still a boyand in each wave of tragedyhe waited for the joynow this world may change around himbut he just can't change nomore== chorus ==well he stays away a lot nowfrom the parties and the clubsand he's thinking while he's joggin' 'roundsure is glad he quit the hard drugscause him and his kind get more endangered everydayand pretty soon the species will just up and fade awaylike the smoke from that torpedojust up and fade away