Ari - The Hippie Song lyrics
rate meWhen I was young my parents raised me right, <br />
My dad sang me Beatles songs every night.<br />
Mom cooked organic meals with homemade desserts, <br />
Everyday I went to school wearing tiedied shirts.<br />
I was taught to love and taught not to hate, <br />
Learned republicans are bad, and god is great, <br />
I'm anti-war and I'm all about peace for a welfare system and I hate the police.<br />
If you can't dig it, you can get bent, that's just how it is I'm from hippie decent, <br />
I'm from a family of hippies, even uncles and aunts and at parties we all do the hippie dance.<br />
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(Chorus)<br />
You gotta, close your eyes and sway to and fro, <br />
Mind in the music and let yourself go now, <br />
Move your arms like the waves of the ocean, <br />
Keep it up, don't stop that motion, <br />
Put a bend in your knee, <br />
A smile on your face, <br />
And the last step of all is to spin in place, <br />
Keeps your arms gyrating, <br />
Your body rotating, <br />
Now your doing the hippie.<br />
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Well the apple doesn't fall far from the tree and being raised by hippies rubbed off on me, <br />
I don't think that being a hippies a crime, <br />
I've been called a dirty hippie more than one time.<br />
If you call me a hippie, I take it as praise, <br />
I'm gonna be a hippie till the end of my days, <br />
I'm sicken by violence, <br />
Disgusted by killin', <br />
My heroes are Lennon, Marley, and Dylan.<br />
I don't discriminate against people who are gay, <br />
I think cigarettes are bad, but drugs are ok, <br />
So take some mushrooms or acid, <br />
Start getting trippy, <br />
Take of your shoes and dance like a hippie<br />
<br />
(Chorus)<br />
You gotta, close your eyes and sway to and fro, <br />
Mind in the music and let yourself go now, <br />
Move your arms like the waves of the ocean, <br />
Keep it up, don't stop that motion, <br />
Put a bend in your knee, <br />
A smile on your face, <br />
And the last step of all is to spin in place, <br />
Keeps your arms gyrating, <br />
Your body rotating, <br />
Now your doing the hippie.<br />
<br />
Well I'm a vegetarian so I don't eat meat, <br />
I like to whistle when I walk down the street, <br />
If I see a bum I'll always leave some change, <br />
He's a human too although he looks kind of strange, <br />
I don't watch T.V, I play hacky sack, <br />
And for about 10 years I've had the same back pack, <br />
I've got liberal politics in my blood stream, <br />
And I'd love to kick it if your on the same team.<br />
What's mine is yours, if what's yours is mine, <br />
So come by my house and we'll drink some wine, <br />
But recycle your bottles, <br />
Don't throw them in the trash and we'll all get together for a hippie bash<br />
<br />
(Chorus)<br />
You gotta, close your eyes and sway to and fro, <br />
Mind in the music and let yourself go now, <br />
Move your arms like the waves of the ocean, <br />
Keep it up, don't stop that motion, <br />
Put a bend in your knee, <br />
A smile on your face, <br />
And the last step of all is to spin in place, <br />
Keeps your arms gyrating, <br />
Your body rotating, <br />
Now your doing the hippie.