HITCH HIKE !

 

When I was a hitchhiker on the road
I had to count on you
But you needed me to ease the load
And for conversation too
Or did you just drive on through.

You didn't see me in Toronto
When I first tried out some hash
Smoked some then and I'll do it again
If I only had some cash
Only had some cash.

Then I tried amphetamines
And my head was in a glass
Taped underneath the speedometer wires
Of my '48 Buick's dash.
But I knew that wouldn't last.

Then came California
Where I first saw open water
In the land of opportunity
I knew I was getting hotter
I knew I was getting hotter.

But the neon lights
And the endless nights
The neon lights
And the endless nights
The neon lights
And the endless nights
The neon lights
And the endless nights
They took me by surprise
The doctor gave me valium
But I still couldn't close my eyes
I still couldn't close my eyes.

Then came paranoia
And it ran away with me
I couldn't sign my autograph
Or appear on TV
Or see or be seen
See or be seen
Or see or be seen.

Living in the country
Sounded good to me
Smoking grass while the summer lasts
In the real organic sea
Where everything was green
Everything was green.

Then we had a kid and we split apart
I was living on the road
A little cocaine went a long long way
To ease that different load
But my head did explode
My head did explode.

I wish I was an Aztec
Or a runner in Peru
I would build such beautiful buildings
To house the chosen few
Like an Inca from Peru.

When I was a hitchhiker on the road
I had to count on you
But you needed me to ease the load
And for conversation too
Or did you just drive on
Did you just drive on
Did you just drive on through.

Or did you just drive on
Did you just drive on
Did you just drive on through.

CLARK GABLE & CLAUDETTE COLBERT

Ride-A-Mile

Music and lyrics by Donovan P. Leitch

Down the hill from where I live
There's a road rolling by
Wonder where it's going?
In this house full of doom
Discontent in every room
And it's daily growing

I'm gonna ride on down those miles
I'm gonna ride on down those miles

Hook my thumb out in the air
Catch a friend with wheels to share
Take me far away from here
It's a trip I gotta take
Big decision I'm to make
I don't feel any fear

I'm gonna ride on down those miles
I'm gonna ride on down those miles

I'm gonna ride on down those miles
(I'm gonna ride on down those miles)
I'm gonna ride on down those miles
(I'm gonna ride on down those miles)

Cats are leavin' every day
Summer's here, they're on their way
Hitchin' down the highway
There's a party goin' on
It's gonna last the summer long
Sleepin' under the Milky-Way

I'm gonna ride on down those miles
(I'm gonna ride on down those miles)
I'm gonna ride on down those miles
(I'm gonna ride on down those miles)
I'm gonna ride on down those miles
(I'm gonna ride on down those miles)
I'm gonna ride on down those miles
Hitchhike, hitchhike, hitchhike, hitchhike
Hitchhike, hitchhike, hitchhike, hitchhike
Hitchhike, hitchhike, hitchhike, hitchhike
Hitchhike, hitchhike, hitchhike, hitchhike...

I'm goin' to Chicago; that's the last place my baby strayed
(Hitch hike) Hitch hike (Hitch hike baby)
I'm packin' up my bags, gonna leave this old town right away
(Hitch hike) Hitch hike (Hitch hike baby)
I've got to find that girl if I have to hitch hike 'round the world
(Hitch hike) Hitch hike

Chicago City Limits, that's what the sign on the highway read
(Hitch hike) Hitch hike (Hitch hike baby)
I'm gonna keep movin till I get to that street called 63rd
(63rd, hitch hike baby) Hitch hike, yeah
I've got to find that girl if I have to hitch hike 'round the world
(Hitch hike) Hitch hike, baby

Hitch hike (Hitch hike) Now hitch-a hike (Hitch hike baby)
It's all right (Hitch hike) Hitch hike chillen(Hitch hike chillen)
Hitch hike (Hitch hike) Hitch hike (Hitch hike dance)
Yeah, hitch hike (Hitch hike) Hitch hike chillen

(Hitch hike baby, hitch hike chillen)
(Hitch hike baby, hitch hike chillen)
(Hitch hike baby, hitch hike baby)

I'm goin' to St. Louis, but my next stop just might be L.A.
(Hitch hike) Now what'd I say? (L.A.)
Got no money in my pocket so I'm gonna have to hitch hike all the way
(All the way) Yeah (Hitch hike baby)
I've got to find that girl if I have to hitch hike 'round the world
(Hitch hike) Now what'd I say

Come on, hitch hike (Hitch hike baby)
Come hitch hike chillen(Hitch hike chillen)
...and fade

MARILYN MONROE