Old Hippie Song Lyrics and Chords by The Bellamy Brothers
Old Hippie
Recorded by the Bellamy Brothers
Written by David Bellamy
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He turned thirty-five last Sunday
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in his hair he found some
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gray
But he still ain't changed his lifestyle he likes it better the
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old
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So he
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grows a little garden in the back
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yard by the fence
He's con
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suming what he's growing now-a
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days in self de
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fense
He
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gets out there in the twilight zone
Some
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times when it just don't make no
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sense
He gets off on country music
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cause disco left him
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cold
He's got young friends in a new wave but he's just too damn
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old
And he
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dreams at night of Woodstock and the
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day John Lennon died
How the
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music made him happy and the
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silence made him
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cry
Yeah he
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thinks of John sometimes
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and he has to wonder
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why
He's an
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old hippie and he
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don't know what to do
Should he
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hang on to the old should he
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grab on to the new
He's an
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old hippie his new life is
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just a bust
He ain't
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trying to change nobody he just
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trying real
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hard to
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adjust
He was sure back in the sixties
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that everyone was
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hip
Then they sent him off to Vietnam on his senior
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trip
And they
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forced him to become a man while
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he was still a boy
And be
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hind each wave of tragedy he
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waited for the
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joy
Now this
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world may change around him
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but he just can't change no
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more
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Well he stays away a lot now
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from the parties and the
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clubs
And he's thinking while he's jogging around
Sure is glad he quit the hard
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drugs
Cause
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him and his kind get more en
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dangered
everyday
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pretty soon the species will
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just up and fade
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away
Like the
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smoke from that torpedo
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just up and fade
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away
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FAQ
Who sang the the song Old Hippie?
- The song Old Hippie was sang by The Bellamy Brothers.
Who is The Bellamy Brothers?
- The Bellamy Brothers are an American pop and country music duo consisting of brothers David Milton Bellamy (born September 16, 1950) and Homer Howard Bellamy (born February 2, 1946), from Darby, Florida. The duo had considerable musical success in the 1970s and 1980s, starting with the release of their crossover hit "Let Your Love Flow" in 1976, a Number One single on the Billboard Hot 100.Starting in the late 1970s, the Bellamy Brothers found success in country music as well, charting 10 number one singles, 25 Top 10 and more than 50 hits overall on the country charts. To date, they have released more than 50 albums, primarily on Curb Records. They have also enjoyed success in continental Europe, with a compilation album topping the Norwegian charts in 2011 and over two dozen hit songs that were released outside the US market. In 2013, their album Bellamy Brothers & Friends: Across the Sea landed at No. 5 in the Swiss music chart and took the top spot in album sales for weeks in Switzerland. It was their third major release in Europe in three years. Their album Mermaid Cowgirl, recorded in Switzerland and released in 2014, won them Gold Record status in Switzerland. They also recorded four albums in Germany with Ralph Siegel for release to the European market.
