Jeffrey Lewis - I Saw A Hippy Girl On 8th Avenue lyrics

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I saw a hippy girl on 8th avenue

She barely looked at me for a second or two

and I suddenly realized I no longer looked much like a hippy

mmmmm

She had a long thin dress and rainbow clothes

not long ago I wore one of those

but now-a-days I guess I don't very much

like anything

mmmmm

I had a great pair of bellbottoms

I had two

my friend borrowed one

and the other I outgrew

and now to the eye

I'm turning into another

non-descript guy

But I still travel light

and my hair is still long

and I still hate deoderant

and I still sing songs

but over the years I've noticed

I'm not dressing as colorfully and psychedelic as I used to

Cause I wore my tye-dyes

until they rotted to shreds

and I can no longer follow

The Greatful Dead

and it's gotten to the point where I don't even identify with most Phish fans anymore

And someday soon I know I'll cut my hair

and a week after that I know I won't even care

Is that what it all comes to

all along

everything that you feel

will one day feel wrong

I was talking to my friend Eric

just to see what he thunk

and he said

'Jeff, it's weird

but I no longer look like a punk'

I guess we don't need our clothes

for an identity crutch

and we looked at each other

and we didn't look like much

and we looked out at the world

like a movie theatre

at all the hippies and the punks

and the skinheads and the skaters

and someday or other

maybe sooner or later

they'll come to the realization

that what's important is what you can carry on

in human conversation

and it's not what you wear on the outside

it's what you think and feel on the inside.<br />

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Thanks to razvan