It can't much clearer than the title indicates.
A pleasant tune from Gunhill Road back in the early 70s...
First the video (thank you youtube) YouTube - Back When My Hair Was Short - Gunhill Road - 1973
Somewhat tamed down version of the original but still somewhat amusing and yes, even entertaining.
and the lyrics:
Back when my hair was short
I was a white socked sport
Wore pointed shoes and pegged pants
Drank till my eyes were red
Hid Playboy neath my bed
Slicked my d.a. for the dance
(when you danced, when you dance)
Back when my hair was short
I met some friends in court
For stealing hubcaps from cars
Chain smoking under the stars
Played all night pinball in bars
And dreamed about love
(lo-o-ove)
We were experts on love
We talked our way all around it
And even if we had found it
We couldnt respond
Slowly I changed my ways
College and long-haired days
Seeing three concerts a week
An honest to God hippy freak
Too busy eating to speak
Except about love
(lo-o-ove)
We held rallies for love
But no one knew what they stood for
How many months were they good for
The meaning is gone
Soon when my hair is short
Ill make a full report
Of how I came back alive
And what it takes to survive
Wringing the truth out of jive
Ill tell you of love
(lo-o-ove)
More than ever its love
No lack of faith undermines it
Cause its the hope that well find it
That makes us go on
Back when my hair was short
I was a white socked sport
Holding beer parties till three
College appealed to me
Eastern Philosophy.....
(mind you it was cleaned up from the original for the purpose of earning the almighty dollar-even then, it was the most important thing)
A pleasant tune from Gunhill Road back in the early 70s...
First the video (thank you youtube) YouTube - Back When My Hair Was Short - Gunhill Road - 1973
Somewhat tamed down version of the original but still somewhat amusing and yes, even entertaining.
and the lyrics:
Back when my hair was short
I was a white socked sport
Wore pointed shoes and pegged pants
Drank till my eyes were red
Hid Playboy neath my bed
Slicked my d.a. for the dance
(when you danced, when you dance)
Back when my hair was short
I met some friends in court
For stealing hubcaps from cars
Chain smoking under the stars
Played all night pinball in bars
And dreamed about love
(lo-o-ove)
We were experts on love
We talked our way all around it
And even if we had found it
We couldnt respond
Slowly I changed my ways
College and long-haired days
Seeing three concerts a week
An honest to God hippy freak
Too busy eating to speak
Except about love
(lo-o-ove)
We held rallies for love
But no one knew what they stood for
How many months were they good for
The meaning is gone
Soon when my hair is short
Ill make a full report
Of how I came back alive
And what it takes to survive
Wringing the truth out of jive
Ill tell you of love
(lo-o-ove)
More than ever its love
No lack of faith undermines it
Cause its the hope that well find it
That makes us go on
Back when my hair was short
I was a white socked sport
Holding beer parties till three
College appealed to me
Eastern Philosophy.....
(mind you it was cleaned up from the original for the purpose of earning the almighty dollar-even then, it was the most important thing)
