Hippie by Waltraud Mudrich

-1-
You can only read a book by its cover,
can you?
You can only judge what you see
It is all a question
of foredooming the play
when the actor had a bad day

And I shall keep acting
The show must go on
though inside my heart is breaking
Pretending openness
Doing the opposite
You're a hypocrite

And I'm a

-Chorus-
Hippie
Yeah
and I leverage the average
low-easy life
I'm a hippie
yeah
If I could finally know reality
I'd be so lucky

-2-
You can only condemn someone unheard,
can you?
You would incidentally agree
Experts in human nature
would just take the chance
to close the case without evidence

My make-up may be flaking
but the show must go on
and I act as though I wasn't shaking
Social diplomacy,
you're not up to it
like a hypocrite

but I'm the

-Chorus-

Let's take it to a personal level
because I think now it's personal
Who do you think you are
calling me names?
Why has it come this far?
I guess, I have a name for it:
Hypocrite

And I'm your

-Chorus-

I'm a hippie
a happy, happy hippie
and I leverage
I'm a hippie
a happy, happy hippie
I'm a hippie doing what hippies do

I'm a hippie
a happy, happy hippie
and I leverage (the average)
I'm a hippie
a happy, happy hippie
I'm a hippie doing what hippies do

• Pop
• hippie
• hippie pop
• hypocrite
• jazz
• judge
• life is easy
• musical
• rhythm
• rock
• show must go on
• singersongwriter
• Cologne