I don't know, I just want to be happy. I could be in a hole somewhere. Or I could completely lose it and be some hippy living in the woods with my dad.

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It was 1967, and the hippie thing was happening. I got into experimenting with drugs while I was in college in Michigan.

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River Phoenix

Born to hippie parents
Given a different name
Which he caught much flak for
The world was his oyster
And hollywood the clam
When he grew up
He joined a hippie band
He was directed by gus van zandt
We'd like to think he'd have joined the smartipantz
Co-starred with flea and keanu
We didn't know jackie O
She was one of the people that we did not know
Nor did we care about her hair
Her pillbox hat and her savoir faire
But still we thought we knew
Maybe you did too
River phoenix
River phoenix
Ian curtis
And river phoenix

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song performed by Nada Surf
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Go, Hippie

Go, hippie
Skip down the old road
Dont even see me, do you at all
Some days you get so tired of hanging
Trying to deep-fry all your boredom
Big hippie
The day was so slow
And I can see you feel it too
Sometimes you wish you knew karate
Oh, the things that you could, like
Crossing in between greens
Just because you want to
Not because you ought to
Oh, how can you ever explain
They can never feel your pain
Neither can you
Mr. crabtree
Sits in the window
He sees a lot, but he dont know
That was you across the yard

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song performed by Fountains Of Wayne
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Nearly Famous Hıppıes in Hıstory

The hippy lifestyle may be a thing of the past,
But many stinky hippies made the White house,
A better place in which to live, work and sing.

Here’s a look at the few of those dragonflies of the 60’s;

Barefoot Ray was an absentminded songwriter who wrote
About love and nincompoops’.
His stupid music inspired millions of nimrods everywhere.

Crazy Daisy Eva was known for weaving beautiful lamps into her hair.
This woodland flower child also painted blue murals,
Depicting bugs living in peace in an old piano.

Grandma Groovy Pants “Neferkitti” was an anti-war activist who,
Championed equality for all the nerds in our society and,
Supported smart beliefs by marching for justice and “Whirled peas”.

poem by Ray Lucero
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0325 Hip hippie hooray

All those 'Sixties hippies
are in their sixties now (..man) -
hope they ain't forgotten
life is just a wow (..man) ...

poem by Michael Shepherd
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Up Against The Wall Redneck Mother

(ray wylie hubbard)
He was born in oklahoma
His wifes name is betty jo thelma liz.
Hes not responsible for what hes doing;
His mother made him what he is.
And its up against the wall redneck mother
Mother who has raised her son so well.
Hes thirty-four and drinking in them honky-tonks
Just kicking all them hippies asses raising hell.
Well, you know, he sure likes to drink that lone star beer
And he chases it down with that wild turkey bourbon liquor.
He got a 57 gmc pick em up truck with a gun rack
And a Id rather be a roper than a doper bumper sticker.
And its up against the wall redneck mother
Mother who has raised her son so well.
Hes thirty-four and drinking in them honky-tonks
Just kicking all them hippies asses raising hell.
M is for the mud flaps you gave me for my pick-up truck
O is for the oil I put in my pick-up truck, drain it out, and put grease on my hair,
T is for tolly parton,

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song performed by Kinky Friedman
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Elvis was the only man from Northeast Mississippi who could shake his hips and still be loved by rednecks, cops, and hippies.

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Cleveland Hippie 2003

Cleveland Ohio I went to

in 2003 yes indeed,

with a turtle named Toledo,

named after an Ohio city.

Stayed at an artist hippie's

House who painted

Marilyn Monroe,

left my props at Hippie's sisters that

were for my Birthday show.

Artist hippie smoked pot

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poem by Suzae Chevalier
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It's funny how the hippies and the punks tried to get rid of the conservatives, but they always seem to get the upper hand in the end.

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Cleveland Hippie 2003

Cleveland Ohio I went to

in 2003 yes indeed,

with a turtle named Toledo,

named after an Ohio city.

Stayed at an artist hippie's

House who painted

Marilyn Monroe,

left my props at Hippie's sisters that

were for my Birthday show.

Artist hippie smoked pot

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poem by Christina Sunrise
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Power Flower

Pan is my name
I live outside the door
I have to keep the score of things around you
Fire and air,
Water I prepare
I am the piper at the gates of dawning
Its not magic its not madness
Just the elements I style
And I guarantee faithfully I will never go
Until all is said and done
In a twinkling Ill be gone
Well excuse me I have so much more to do
Fancy I fell,
A childlike tap Ill steal
Look twice my friend its not the wind at all
Youll never see,
What you refuse to be
The power in the seeing is believing.
Its not magic its not madness
Just the elements I style

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song performed by Stevie Wonder
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The Last Blizzard

The last blizzard was pretty harsh
Couldn’t get out I almost got fired
It’s a good thing I have a sweet smile
The good ol’ bossing took me back

I got stuck at home bored and half dead
Decided to take my bird out for a drive
The ice is slick but not really a threat
Hah! Can’t blame Bush for keeping them out

Like a damn foreigner not used to snow
Kept on driving slip-slidin’ away saying ya’y
Suddenly an old hippie van came crashing in
My bird is no match for the giant buffalo’s chin

An old hippie guy came out of the van
Long hair macho dude looks like Doc
Like a Cinderella story a cute cop came
Rescued me from a not nice spanking

poem by Kay Barcelon
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Richard was in heavy, heavy costume, he could hardly sit, you know, and I turned up and they put me in two layers of silk, so I played him much lighter - you know, floating around in a pair of slippers, a bit of a hippy.

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We Were 16

Red lips kissing,
Pink lips being kissed,
Nipples Hard,
Up and down,
Blonde hair,
Black hair,
Parted in the middle,
In a Volkswagon bus,
In the hippie year of 69.

2001

poem by Richard Stilwell
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Describing Woodstock as the ""big bang,"" I think that's a great way to describe it, because the important thing about it wasn't how many people were there or that it was a lot of truly wonderful music that got played.

quote by David Crosby
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When the civil rights battle was won, all the Jews and hippies and artists were middle class white people and all the blacks were still poor. Materially, not much changed.

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I'm a former hippie, so clothes are important to me - your clothes defined you in that period. I guess clothes still defines people. But, I change a lot. I'm in my Brooks Brothers period now.

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Vote for the Hippy Party

Are you sitting in the shadow of doom,
the depths of despair the pit of anxiety?

Do you feel lost in the wake of the days to come
with the ballot box awaiting your cross.

Vote for the Hippy party, the party of hope
and embrace our manifesto, our vision for the U.K.

Make love, not war. We won't put fluoride in the water.
Forget your molars and think, free love.

Yes folks, we'll put contraception down your pipes.
Stem the tide of population overflow.

With free love you'll want to switch off facebook and
twitter and start to get up close and personal.

People will touch again instead of viewing each other
on web cams or watching reality TV

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poem by Ruth Walters
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Pret

pret my dog is happy
doesn't milk her puppy

she lets them die
and does not lie

pret my dog not a rodent
uncaring and independent

she kills her puppies
and lives like the hippies.

poem by Ric S. Bastasa
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