Neil Young - Hippie Dream lyrics

Take my advice don't listen to me
It ain't 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

Don't bat an eye don't waste a word
Don't mention nothin'
That could go unheard
'Cause the tie-dye sails
Are the screaming 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 it's over for you
Don't mean it's over for me
It's a victory for the heart
Every time the music starts
So please don't kill the machine
Don't kill the machine
Don't kill the machine
Don't kill the machine
Don't kill the machine
Don't kill the machine
Don't kill the machine
Don't kill the machine
Don't kill the machine

Another flower child goes to seed
In an ether-filled room of meat hooks
It's so ugly so ugly