Jeffrey Lewis - I saw a hippie girl on 8th avenue

I ^Gsaw a hippy girl on ^C8th avenue She ^Gbarely looked at me for a ^Dsecond or two And I s^Guddenly realized I no ^Clonger looked much like a ^Ghippy Mm^Dmmm

She had a ^Glong thin dress and ^Crainbow clothes ^GNot long ago I ^Dwore one of those But n^Gow-a-days I guess I don't dres^Cs very much like^G anything Mm^Dmmm

I had a g^Creat pair of bellbottoms, ^DI had two My ^Cfriend borrowed one and the ^Dother I outgrew And ^Cnow to the eye I'm turning in^Dto another non-descript ^Gguy^D

But I ^Gstill travel light and my ^Chair is still long I ^Gstill hate deoderant and I s^Dtill sing songs But over the ^Gyears I've noticed I'm not ^Cdressing as colourfully and psyched^Gelic as I used to ^D

'Cause I ^Gwore my tye-dyes until they r^Cotted to shreds And I can ^Gno longer follow The ^DGreatful Dead And it's ^Ggotten to the point where I ^Cdon't even identify with most ^GPhish fans anymore^D

And ^Csomeday soon I know I'll ^Dcut my hair And a ^Cweek after that I know I ^Dwon't even care Is ^Cthat what it comes to ^Dall along? ^CEverything that you feel will ^Done day feel wrong

I was ^Gtalking to my friend Eric Just to ^Csee what he thunk And he said "^GJeff, it's weird But I no longer ^Dlook like a punk I ^Gguess we don't need our clothes for an i^Cdentity crutch" And we ^Glooked at each other and we didn't ^Dlook like much And we ^Glooked out at the world like a ^Cmovie theatre At all the ^Ghippies and the punks and the ^Dskinheads and the skaters And ^Gsomeday or other maybe s^Cooner or later they'll come to t^Ghe realization That what's im^Dportant is whether you can carry on a h^Cuman conversation It's not what you ^Dwear on the outside It's how you t^Chink and feel on the i^Gnside