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Lessons from 17 Hippies

from Hair of the Cat by Englewood

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Went on vacation, and wanted to go to the beach.
The parking lot was full, the ocean was out of reach.
So we got back on Highway One, all our plans undone.

Now we got a flat tire on the second day.
To get it fixed we had to drive all the way back north up to Monterey.
Driving slow on the spare at least we got some ocean air.

Next we pulled out these maps of trails we wanted to use.
But a sprained ankle gave us those Can’t-Hike Blues.
Instead we walked around in the dust; it was kind of a bust.

But then we saw this band called 17 Hippies, from Berlin. Though I think there were only 13 of them.
They had accordians rocking to music
that sounded kind of Balkan.
And there were Big Sur spirits dancing there
in the Spirit Garden.

And we found the cutest little gas station
that you ever did see.
Course it was the only one around for miles
so it looked pretty good to me.
And it had Big Sur spirits dancing
next door in the Spirit Garden.

And we found this funny little house called
the Henry Miller Library.
A couple of rooms chock full of books,
they were hanging from the ceiling.
They had their own Big Sur spirit dancing
there in their Spirit Garden.

And next we saw four ladies painting in a row by a wall.
We turned around to see what it was that they were painting, it was this stunning waterfall.
They had their own Big Sur spirit dancing
there in their Big Sur Garden.

Then one night there were wild turkeys
just strolling across the lawn.
So we stayed up and watched them and
played cribbage until we started to yawn.
By then we had our own Big Sur spirits dancing
in our Spirit Garden.

So if you hear about a band called 17 Hippies from Berlin
Go see them, even if there are only 13 of them.
‘Cuz they’ll bring you Big Sur spirit,
they’ll bring you that Big Sur spirit,
we all need that Big Sur Spirit dancing in our Spirit Garden.

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from Hair of the Cat, released November 1, 2009

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