Take my advice Don't listen to me It ain't paradise But it used to be There was a time When the river was wide And the water came running down To the rising tide But the wooden ships Were just a hippie dream Just a hippie dream. Don't bat an eye Don't waste a word Don't mention nothin' That could go unheard 'Cause the tie-dye sails Are the screamin' sheets And the dusty trail Leads to blood in the streets And the wooden ships Are a hippie dream Capsized in excess If you know what I mean. Just because it's over for you Don't mean it's over for me It's a victory for the heart Every time the music starts So please don't kill the machine Don't kill the machine Don't kill the machine. Another flower child goes to seed In an ether-filled room of meat-hooks It's so ugly So ugly.