The Cowboy And The Hippie-Chris Ledoux

[00:09.05]On a highway thru the desert beneath an over pass [00:13.48]Sat two hikers just watchin' cars go by [00:18.25]Now one was wearin' sandles with straggly matted hair [00:23.20]Rose colored glasses for his eyes [00:27.13]Now the other was a cowboy he'd been down on his luck [00:31.55]Lost his money at the Tuson rodeo [00:35.90]And he sat beside what remained of his trusty pickup truck [00:40.43]And like the hippie now he's thumbin' down the road [00:45.43]Some folks don't realize that it's a well know fact [00:49.65]Cowboy's and hippies ain't never got along [00:54.29]Was it just coincidence or some weird act of fate [00:58.32]That brought these two together on the road [01:02.80]They sat there without talking while the morning sun rose high [01:07.19]When a hot desert breeze commenced to blow [01:11.65]And the fragrance of the incense and six weeks without a bath [01:16.16]Finally drifted down and reached the cowboy's nose [01:21.17]Well man that really did it he couldn't take no more [01:25.07]And he tied his old bandana around his face [01:29.36]He said you greasy stinking hippie you'd put a skunk to shame [01:34.35]Boy you're a discrace to the human race [01:38.51]Now the hippie just sat there and gave the cowboy a smile [01:42.68]Said man you don't smell so sweet yourself [01:47.26]Well I'm not too sure what that green stuff is on your boots [01:50.84]And on your jeans [01:51.86]But whew it's enough to make a buzzard belch [02:03.40]The cowboy said now listen I ain't gonna that that stuff from you [02:07.47]No long haired freaks gonna talk to me that way get up [02:11.96]Well the hippie said now hold on man what good's that gonna do [02:16.25]You know fighting never settles nothing anyway [02:20.68]Said you know man a lot way we're not block lie [02:25.90]Want you get down but need skin [02:29.43]Like two books were differernt covers but the same words inside [02:34.78]We're both brother to the woman [02:38.38]Now we both love our freedom and we'll answer to no man [02:42.86]And you've heard it said to thine own self be true [02:47.44]We're just a couple of free spirts drifting across the land [02:51.86]Doing exactly what we want to do [02:56.18]Said now me I got my things and you you got yours [03:01.00]And I don't see why we can't get along [03:05.15]They say the closest thing to freedom is livin' on the road [03:09.61]In a country were freedom's almost gone [03:14.18]Well the cowboy he just stood up there and never said a word [03:18.57]But you know this hippie sure made a lot of sense [03:22.99]They shook hands and parted as a truck pulled to the side [03:27.36]And the hippie he went East and I went West [03:31.11]