BACK WHEN MY HAIR WAS SHORT
Gunhill Road

VERSE 1:
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Back when my hair was short, I was a white sock sport
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Wore pointed shoes and pegged pants
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Drank till my eyes were red, Hid Playboy beneath my bed
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Slicked my D.A. for the dance
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(When you dance, when you dance)

VERSE 2:
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Back when my hair was short, I met some friends in court
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For stealing hubcaps from cars
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Chain smoking under the stars
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Played all night pinball in bars

CHORUS 1:
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And dreamed about love
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We were experts on love
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We talked our way all around it
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And even if we had found it, we couldn't respond

VERSE 3:
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Slowly I changed my ways, college and long hair days
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Seeing three concerts a week
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An honest to God hippie freak
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Too busy eating to speak

CHORUS 2:
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Except about love
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We held rallies for love
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But no one knew what they stood for
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How many months they were good for, the meaning is gone

VERSE 4:
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Soon when my hair is short, I'll make a full report
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Of how I came back alive
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And what it takes to survive
A7
Wringing the truth out of jive

CHORUS 3:
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I'll tell you of love
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More than ever it's love
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No lack of faith undermines it
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Because it's the hope that we'll find it, that makes us go on

VERSE:
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Back when my hair was short, I was a white sock sport
Bm
Only beer parties till three
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College appealed to me, Eastern philosophy
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Learning to set my mind free

[CHORUS 3] (and fade)