Lyr Add: Hippie from Olema (parody of Okie from...

Subject: Lyr Add: HIPPIE FROM OLEMA (parody of OKIE FROM...
From: oldhippie
Date: 02 Mar 08 - 11:45 AM

HIPPIE FROM OLEMA
("Banana" Lowell Levinger) lyrics:


Well I'm proud to be a hippie from Olema
Where we're friendly to the squares and all the straights
We still take in strangers if they're ragged
We can't think of anyone to hate

We don't watch commercials in Olema
We don't buy the plastic crap they sell
We still wear our hair long like folks used to
And we bathe often, therefore we don't smell

We don't throw our beer cans on the highway
We don't slide a man because he's black
We don't spill our oil out in the ocean
'Cause we love birds and fish too much for that

And I'm proud to be a hippie from Olema
Where we're friendly to the squares and all the straights
We still take in strangers if they're Haggard
In Olema, California, Planet Earth.

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: 'Hippie From Olema'
From: van lingle
Date: 02 Mar 08 - 07:44 PM

Thanks for posting that OH. I'd forgotten that one.

Subject: Lyr Add: HUMBOLDT COUNTY HIPPIE
From: oldhippie
Date: 03 Mar 08 - 06:06 PM

My pleasure, van lingle. There is actually a second similar rewrite by the Dave Nelson Band, "Humboldt County Hippie", as follows:

"Humboldt County Hippie)" lyrics, adapted by David Nelson from "Hippie from Olema" by "Banana" Lowell Levinger:

We might smoke marijuana if we wanna
Now and then a trip on LSD
But we still burn Ol' Glory down at the White House
'Cause we like living right and being free

We don't watch commercials in old Humboldt
We don't buy the plastic crap they sell
We still wear our hair long like folks used to
And we bathe often, therefore we don't smell

I'm proud to be a Humboldt County hippie
Where we're friendly to the squares and all the straights
We still take in strangers if they're ragged
We can't think of anyone to hate

We don't throw our beer cans on the highway
We don't slide a man because he's black
We don't spill our oil out on the ocean
'Cause we love birds and fish too much for that

We still love our neighbors in old Humboldt
We still take in the sunshine and the stars
We don't send our sons off to the slaughter
And we don't care if you go to the moon or Mars

I'm proud to be a Humboldt County hippie
Where we're friendly to the squares and all the straights
We still take in strangers if they're Haggard [get it?]
In Humboldt County, California Planet Earth.

Subject: RE: Lyr Add: 'Hippie From Olema'
From: GUEST,Chicken Charlie
Date: 04 Mar 08 - 10:53 AM

How about, "We don't SLIGHT a man ...."

And may I introduce my girlfriend, Maundie Greene?

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