W hen I was a hitchhiker on the road I had to count on you
But you needed me to ease the load and for conversation too
Or did you just ride on through
You didn't see me in Toronto when I first tried out some hash
Smoked through a pen and I'd do it again if I only had some cash
I only had some cash
Then I tried amphetamines and my head was in a glass
Taped underneath the speedometer wires of my '48 Buick's dash
But I knew that wouldn't last
T hen came Cali fornia where I first saw open water
In the land of oppor tunity I kn ew I was getting ho tter
I knew I was getting hotter
The neon lights and the endless nights
The neon lights and the endless nights
The neon lights and the endless nights
They took me by surprise
The doctor gave me valium but I still couldn't close my eyes
I still couldn't close my eyes
Then came paranoia and it ran away with me
I couldn't sign my autograph or appear on TV
Or see or be seen see or be seen
Or see or be seen
L iving in the country sounded good to me
Smoking grass while the summer lasts in the re al organic s cene
Where ever ything was gre en everything was gree n
Then we had a kid and we split apart I was living on the road
A little cocaine went a long long way to ease that different load
But my head did explode my head did explode
I wish I was an Aztec or a runner in Peru
I would build such beautiful buildings to house the chosen few
Like an Inca from Peru
When I was a hitchhiker on the road I had to count on you
But you needed me to ease the load and for conversation too
Or did you just ride on through did you just ride on through
Did you just ride on through
When I was a hitchhiker on the road
