MISSISSIPPI HIPPY

a song by Charles Deemer (circa 1968)


We don't get our kicks on scotch and water
We don't take our trips on credit cards
We don't spend a fortune on our daughters
Or every year go out and buy a car

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And I'm proud to be a Mississippi hippy
Smokin' grass and takin' LSD
Burning up my draft card at the courthouse
The inside of my head is my country

We don't buy ten suits for just one body
Or 40 socks for just one pair of feet
We don't think a beard can become shaggy
Unshaven armpits are alright with me

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You say Love it or Leave it rather often
I'd never say the same thing back to you
'Cause you're not even here but in your coffin
The world will change no matter what you do

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