BACK WHEN MY HAIR WAS SHORT
Gunhill Road



VERSE:
F
Back when my hair was short, I was a white sock sport
Dm
Wore painted shoes and pegged pants
Bb                               G7
Drank till my eyes were red, Hid Playboy beneath my bed
C7
Slicked my D.A. for the dance

VERSE:
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

CHORUS 1:
                  Dm
And dreamed about love
        Am         D7
We were experts on love
Gm            C7       F
We talked our way all around it
Dm                 Am                      D7
And even if we had found it, we couldn't respond

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

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

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

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

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

[CHORUS 3] (and fade)