Hitchhiker 8/11/76 by Neil Young Lyrics
[Verse 1]
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 drive on through?
[Verse 2]
You didn't see me in Toronto
When I first tried out some hash
I smoked through a pen and I'll do it again
If I only had some cash
If I only had some cash, ooh
[Verse 3]
Then I tried amphetamine
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
[Verse 4]
Then came California
Where I first saw open water
In the land of opportunity
I knew I was getting hotter
I knew I was getting hotter
[Verse 5]
But the neon light and the endless night
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
[Verse 6]
Then came paranoia
And it ran away with me
I couldn't sign my autograph
Or appear on TV
Or see or be seen
[Bridge]
Living in the country
Sounded good to me
Smoking grass with my Chicago lass
In a real organic scene
Where everything was green
[Harmonica Break]
[Verse 7]
We had a kid and we split apart
Now I'm living on the road
And a little cocaine goes a long, long way
To ease that different load
But that ain't all that I know
[Verse 8]
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 drive on through?
[Verse 2]
You didn't see me in Toronto
When I first tried out some hash
I smoked through a pen and I'll do it again
If I only had some cash
If I only had some cash, ooh
[Verse 3]
Then I tried amphetamine
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
[Verse 4]
Then came California
Where I first saw open water
In the land of opportunity
I knew I was getting hotter
I knew I was getting hotter
[Verse 5]
But the neon light and the endless night
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
[Verse 6]
Then came paranoia
And it ran away with me
I couldn't sign my autograph
Or appear on TV
Or see or be seen
[Bridge]
Living in the country
Sounded good to me
Smoking grass with my Chicago lass
In a real organic scene
Where everything was green
[Harmonica Break]
[Verse 7]
We had a kid and we split apart
Now I'm living on the road
And a little cocaine goes a long, long way
To ease that different load
But that ain't all that I know
[Verse 8]
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