Jeffrey Lewis - I Saw A Hippie Girl On 8th Ave.

I saw a hippy girl on 8th avenue
She barely looked at me for a second or two
And I suddenly realized I no longer looked much like a hippy
mmmmm

She had a long thin dress and rainbow clothes
Not long ago I wore one of those
But now-a-days I guess I don't very much like anything
mmmmm

I had a great pair of bellbottoms, I had two
My friend borrowed one and the other I outgrew
And now to the eye I'm turning into another non-descript guy

But I still travel light and my hair is still long
I still hate deoderant and I still sing songs
But over the years I've noticed I'm not dressing as colourfully and psychedelic as I used to

'Cause I wore my tye-dyes until they rotted to shreds
And I can no longer follow The Greatful Dead
And it's gotten to the point where I don't even identify with most Phish fans anymore

And someday soon I know I'll cut my hair
And a week after that I know I won't even care
It's how it all comes to all along
Everything that you feel will one day feel wrong

I was talking to my friend Eric
Just to see what he thunk
And he said "Jeff, it's weird
But I no longer look like a punk"
I guess we don't need our clothes for an identity crutch
And we looked at each other and we didn't look like much
And we looked out at the world like a movie theatre
At all the hippies and the punks and the skinheads and the skaters
And someday or other maybe sooner or later they'll come to the realization
That what's important is whether you can carry on a human conversation
It's not what you wear on the outside
It's how you think and feel on the inside.

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[sweetsheepo]

I just found this song and I really love it!

[whenyousleeep]

im glad it found you.

[prufrocksong]

love his conversational tone

[ilylac]

@whitetrashoutlaw you can ascribe whatever you want to whatever you want but that doesn't make it true? music is music is music is music.

[BreezySunray]

you sing like you 're sleeping. -.- Or like you 're sad =/ Nice song thouph hehee haha :DDDD <3

[whitetrashoutlaw]

Music for upper middle class wannabe bohemians eh?

[DRChupacabrah]

lulz, phish sucks anyway

[c0dered987]

this is a great song. its for all the trends, there cool and fun, but after about 20 or so, you get out of em. just like everyone else

[livelyarts49]

I live on 8th Avenue, and can TOTALLY relate/ great song, bro!

[BusinessButterfly]

lol*

[paintlemonsgold]

i no longer look like a punk.



[hejafish]

Proud to say I've never let my musical taste influence my clothes. mmm ... do band t-shirts count?!

[letsallmakenoise]

Just stumbled across this song. I am officially a Jeffrey Lewis fan. I have a few of my own songs on the channel if anyone cares to have a listen.