Songs
Hippie Hair (for the First Time)
Words and music by Jeffrey Pepper Rodgers
Released as a single
Dropped-D tuning, capo 3
Just like that it all shuts down
We vanish into screens
The bars go dark, the streets are clear
The days pass like a dream
While out there on the front lines
The news is only grim
And the least of all concerns is that
My hair could use a trim
But looking in the mirror I see a rising dome
A shaggy dude with waves and curls
Like I have never known
A few more months, salons are back
But I make up my mind
Though my mother wonders why
Think I’ll let my freak flag fly and grow...
Hippie hair for the first time
Hippie hair alright
When I sing hippie songs
For the first time I kinda look the part
I am letting it grow for my art
I was just a toddler at the dawning of the Dead
Far too young for dropping out
I’ve got no ’60s cred
Still I did meet Jerry and I played his Wolf guitar
Never like to join a crowd
But I’m feeling strangely proud I’ve got...
Hippie hair for the first time
Hippie hair alright
When I sing hippie songs
For the first time I kinda look the part
I am letting it grow for my art
In my mind I’m reeling through my teens again
From Daltrey to the Doobies
All the rockers had a mane
Is it much too late to strive
To be Frampton Comes Alive with my...
Hippie hair for the first time
Hippie hair alright
When I sing hippie songs
For the first time I kinda look the part
I am letting it grow for my art
© Jeffrey Pepper Rodgers Music (ASCAP)