Thursday, March 6, 2008

Flowers in my hair...

I like this song.
Even though it makes it sound like punk rockers and hippies were one and the same..
which is a little weird.. I still like the message.
Although, I don't think it's actually too late, or that everyone in the 60's and 70's had it all right, sometimes it seems that way.
I wish I was a punk rocker (with flowers in my hair)
By Sandi Thom
Oh I wish I was a punk rocker with flowers in my hair
In '77 and '69 revolution was in the air
I was born too late into a world that doesn't care
Oh I wish I was a punk rocker with flowers in my hair
When the head of state didn't play guitar
Not everybody drove a car
When music really mattered and when radio was king
When accountants didn't have control
And the media couldn't buy your soul
And computers were still scary and we didn't know everything
[Chorus]
When pop stars still remained a myth
And ignorance could still be bliss
And when god saved the queen she turned a whiter shade of pale
My mom and dad were in their teens
And anarchy was still a dream
And the only way to stay in touch was a letter in the mail
[Chorus]
When record shops were still on top
And vinyl was all that they stocked
And the super info highway was still drifting out in space
Kids were wearing hand me downs
And playing games meant kick arounds
And footballers still had long hair and dirt across their face
[Chorus]
I was born too late into a world that doesn't care
Oh I wish I was a punk rocker with flowers in my hair
(Thanks Everly! :)

3 comments:

Everly Pleasant said...

Nice!
That was a great idea to post those lyrics...just seems like something I would do.
I really, really like that song now.
Great...great song.
Everly

Sabrina Bleu said...

haha I did give you a "thank you" ya know! and now i think that the actual meaning of the lyrics are that she wants to be a punk-rocker and a hippie. anyway...

Ingrid Harper said...

Oh my! this is so weird that you've posted those lyrics! It first came out in Britain, so when Shelley got back home she had listened to it alot and had it on Cd and we listened to it all the time! That and "Monster" by the Artic Monkeys (another British band).