Hippie Dream
Take my advice
Don't listen to me
It ain't paradise
But it used to be
There was a time
When the river was wide
And the water came running down
With the rising tide
But the wooden ships
Were just a hippie dream
Just a hippie dream.
Don't bat an eye
Don't waste a word
Don't mention nothin
That could go unheard
'Cause the tie-dye sails
Are the screamin sheets
And the dusty trail
Leads to blood in the streets
And the wooden ships
Were just a hippie dream
Capsized in excess
Just a hippie dream
Just because its over for you
Don't mean its over for me
It's a victory for the heart
Every time the music starts
So please don't kill the machine
Don't kill the machine
Another flower child goes to seed
In an ether-filled room of meat-hooks
It's so ugly
So ugly.