"The Ballad Of The Fallen
Hippy"
Words and Music by Hair Knight
Appears on Troubled Children
We heard about it early in the day.
Society had changed ol' Woodstock's ways
And every precious piece of hair that fell from his head
To the barber's floor
Ripped and tore
Through ideology. My ideology.
He introduced himself to me with grace.
I did not recognize his shaven face.
I heard his voice echoing and I
Felt the teardrops welling in my eye.
I had to cry
For the fallen hippy. For the fallen hippy.
The fallen hippy has to be
The saddest sight a fellow hippy could see.
Thank God Woodstock, the fallen hippy
Never lost his ideology.
We asked him if he had to be consoled
But he had everything under control.
And in the light I realized he looked like my dad
When my dad was young.
Oh what fun.
Rocky Horror with my father.
("Going to see that fag movie again?")
The fallen hippy has to be
The saddest sight a fellow hippy could see.
Thank God Woodstock, the fallen hippy
Never lost his ideology.
Dana's still Magenta and Chuckie's played by Harry.
Tony's frisky, Lisa's run off to the military.
Rocky Horror runs our lives and you know I don't mean Pete.
Karen's here to play Janet, teaching all of wet seats.
Twig will let us through the side door. Pat-My-Boy is standing guard.
Rebecca's in the back room changing. Pat-My-Boy is getting hard.
Mona's bitching, so bewitching. Richard's getting so uptight.
Steve and Dana have split up but everything is alright.
Holli needs help with her costume, Dale is pulling up his stockings.
The "Time Warp" is playing and the whole Theatre's rocking.
And Woodstock, oh Woodstock, though the beard is gone.
I can love a hairless hippy so let's rock on.
The fallen hippy has to be
The saddest sight a fellow hippy could see.
Thank God Woodstock, the fallen hippy
Never lost his ideology.
© 1990 Just A Song
