Take my advice

Dont listen to me

It aint paradise

But it used to be

There was a time

When the river was wide

And the water came running down

To the rising tide

But the wooden ships

Were just a hippie dream

Just a hippie dream

Dont bat an eye

Dont waste a word

Dont mention nothin

That could go unheard

Cause the tie-dye sails

Are the screamin sheets

And the dusty trail

Leads to blood in the streets

And the wooden ships

Are a hippie dream

Capsized in excess

If you know what I mean

Just because its over for you

Dont mean its over for me

Its a victory for the heart

Every time the music starts

So please dont kill the machine

Dont kill the machine

Dont kill the machine

Another flower child goes to seed

In an ether-filled room of meat-hooks

Its so ugly

So ugly