From the recording The Storyteller

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THE GHETTO HIPPIE
(Words & Music by Jon Gibson - © 2012 Reachers Music/A.S.C.A.P)

Jon Gibson: Drums, percussions, bass, Wurlitzer piano, E-clavinet, acoustic guitars, lead, background vocals, and whistle solo. Steven Merrick: Synthesizers, and organ.

Lyrics

Intro Chorus: Ghetto Hippie, yeah. Ghetto hippie now…yeah. Ghetto Hippie, yeah, yeah! Ghetto Hippie now, yeah.

Verse 1: He was born in a small farm town without really much to do. So he started drinkin’ by the time he dropped out of school. A little early for the 50’s and a bit late for the 60’s, so he saw things differently, oh yeah!

Chorus 1: So if you’re looking for adventure, Ghetto Hippie, now, he’s the one. In a world of violence all around him, yet, he don’t own a gun. Hey, no one’s out to rob him cuz he’s not out to hurt no one. He’s a gentile ghetto hippie and I think he’s the only one. The Ghetto Hippie, yeah, ghetto hippie, now, yeah.

Verse 2: Broke his neck at twenty in a car sippin’ on some rum, well…. Married him a beauty queen, had two kids on the run. He thought himself, a decent man till’ he heard Martin Luther King. Made him see things differently, oh yeah!

Chorus 2: So if you’re looking for adventure, Ghetto Hippie, now, he’s the one. In a world of violence all around him, yet, he don’t own a gun. Hey, no one’s out to rob him cuz he’s not out to hurt no one. He’s a gentile ghetto hippie and I think he’s the only one. The Ghetto Hippie, yeah, yeah.

Bridge: Don’t try to understand or comprehend the mission and he’ll lead you to that water. And he’ll lead you to the end.

Break: Ghetto Hippie, yeah, yeah! Lord Jesus! Ha! I’m getting funky now! {Whistle solo: Jon Gibson} All right a, I’ll tell you one more time;

Vamp Chorus: So if you’re looking for adventure, Ghetto Hippie, now, he’s the one. In a world of violence all around him, yet, he don’t own a gun. Hey, no one’s out to rob him cuz he’s not out to hurt no one. He’s a gentile ghetto hippie and I think he’s the only one. The Ghetto Hippie, yeah! The Ghetto Hippie, yeah, yeah! The Ghetto Hippie, yeah, yeah! That little ghetto hippie now…yeah.