How I love my hippie life What a far-out triip In my heart is love for others All my sisters and my brothers
How I love my hippie life Barefoot on cement Brother can you spare a quarter Care to share some marijuana (or: Care to share some fresh spring water)
(bridge:) Oh, we're gonna change the world At least we're gonna try We're gonna take this low-down world And make it high high high
Lift it up to see the light Open up its heart Try to end it's stress and strife Turn it on to hippie life How I love my hippie life
Keep on truckin' Keep on truckin' Keep on truckin'
How I love my hippie life What a far-out trip We're gonna save the drinking water Peace is just around the corner
(bridge:) All you singers and musicians come and join the tribe We're gonna undulate the world Until it feels the vibe
Open up and see the light Let the sun shine in Time to end your stress and strife Turn you on to hippie life How I love my hippie life
Happy Hopi hippie life How I love my hippie life...
Michael - This song is highly auto-biographical, meaning coming from me, Jim Rado. In the above version there are even some new lyrics just written today, Wednesday, July 25, 2007. If you quote the lyric or use it in its entirety, please include the following about it:
This song was originally conceived for the movie of HAIR but was not used. It had one melody at that time which Galt later replaced with a whole new melody, much to the song's advantage. I used Hippie Life in the European productions which I directed from 1995-1999. It caught on so big in Europe that, if we did not include it in the body of the show, after the ending LET THE SUN SHINE IN, the crowd would take up the chant HIPPIE LIFE HIPPIE LIFE HIPPIE LIFE...and make us do it as an encore. We did it with American Indian dancing and drumming. It was dynamic and a real crowd pleaser. HIPPIE LIFE or HOW I LOVE MY HIPPIE LIFE, lyrics by James Rado & Gerome Ragni Music by Galt MacDermot.
Copyright 2004, James Rado - This page last updated: Thursday, July 10, 2008
