Lyrics

Hippy Things

We wanted hippy things
They took our hippy things away
Yeah it made me sigh
How my school could ban tie-dye
They said a peace sign was a broken cross
They said - bow your head kid, God’s the boss
I prayed…

Lord defend us from the avengers
Who claim to work for you
They deny us what we long for
They trash those hippy things
That brighten up our lives
Hippy things
Ah to dance neath a clear moon night
Dancing with the inner light
Hippy things can set us right

Fast forward Redwood Summer
I joined a protest in the woods
We wanted hippy things
Oh what a battle that would bring
Judy Bari in her Subaru (and the bombing)
Yeah all the hell they put her through
I cried…

Lord defend us from the avengers
And corporation goons
They deny us what we long for
They trash those hippy things
That brighten up our lives
Hippy things
Ah to dance neath a clear moon night
Dancing with the inner light
Hippy things can set us right

And though they clip our eager wings
We’ll get our hippy things
We’ll get ‘em - just you watch