Hippie Boy-The Flying Burrito Brothers

[ti:Hippie Boy] [ar:The Flying Burrito Brothers] [al:Out Of The Blue] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Hippie Boy - The Flying Burrito Brothers [00:26.08]I was walking down the street the other day [00:28.62] [00:29.33]And a sight came before my eyes [00:31.68] [00:32.61]It was a little hippie boy I must have been twice his size [00:36.77] [00:39.22]His appearance typified his strange breed [00:42.30] [00:43.34]Gaudy clothes long stringy hair hanging down [00:47.04] [00:48.72]I'd seen perhaps a thousand in my early trips to town [00:53.01] [00:55.41]As he walked beside me on down the block [00:57.81] [00:59.90]I noticed no unpleasing smell [01:01.93]He might have been on the w**d or even LSD [01:04.87] [01:05.54]But if he was I couldn't tell [01:07.81] [01:10.25]So we walked together that way through this neighborhood [01:13.35] [01:15.76]Finally he turned around to me [01:16.96]And he he said [01:19.15]"Friend you know we're a million miles apart [01:23.01] [01:25.53]But you know something [01:26.42]We can enjoy the sunshine and the weather [01:29.80] [01:30.74]So why don't we put our differences aside [01:33.53] [01:35.27]And just talk to each other" [01:36.75] [01:39.57]You see this box beneath my arm [01:41.73] [01:42.33]To you it's plain it has no charm [01:45.58] [01:46.55]But to someone dearest to my heart [01:48.43]This box has played a tragic part [01:50.70] [01:58.52]This little one can't tell you himself about [02:01.12]His life and how he died [02:03.31] [02:04.82]But if anyone else could speak for him [02:06.81]I guess I'm qualified [02:09.08] [02:11.37]This boy was in Chicago [02:13.17] [02:13.97]He didn't know why he was there [02:15.58]He was with his family and friends [02:17.37] [02:19.02]And he didn't really care [02:20.79] [02:23.52]You might have been one of those [02:24.95]Who saw the struggle there on your television screen [02:27.33] [02:30.92]The tragic thing is so much else happened [02:34.09]That no one else could have seen [02:35.70] [02:43.12]A stranger handed this boy a dollar to do a simple chore [02:47.43]To carry a package to a nearby hotel [02:50.11] [02:50.74]And when he returned he'd get two more [02:52.98] [02:55.66]But when he came back he sort of lost his way [02:58.37]Walking through the crowd [02:59.66] [03:00.62]One of them things you ask yourself [03:02.52]How the Lord allowed [03:04.82] [03:09.18]But when he was found he was like he is now [03:11.80] [03:13.21]Dreaming sweet and still [03:15.79] [03:17.99]And in his little hand was a crumpled dollar bill [03:20.68] [03:27.42]Now you can take that dollar [03:28.91] [03:30.25]Get four cents on it compound [03:32.19]It quarterly at any downtown bank [03:34.73] [03:38.45]So they can back some hot new tank or atom bomb [03:41.57] [03:47.81]What I'm going to tell you now [03:49.13]You can stay or you can leave [03:50.96] [03:52.44]You kind of listened to my story [03:54.72]So far but just one more thing [03:57.94] [03:59.21]It's the same for any hippie [04:00.53]Bum or hillbilly out on the street [04:02.92] [04:05.60]Just remember this little boy [04:07.24]And never carry more than you can eat [04:10.45] [04:12.60]Now could you help us sing this song please [04:15.84] [04:20.86]There will be peace in the valley for him now we pray [04:27.87]I will think of the little hippie boy that way that way