Cowboy And The Hippie Lyrics - Chris Ledoux

On a highway through the desert beneath an overpass 

Sat two hikers just watchin' cars go by 

Now one was wearin' sandles with straggly matted hair 

Rose colored glasses for his eyes 

Now the other was a cowboy, he'd been down on his luck 

Lost his money at the Tuscon Rodeo 

And he sat beside what remained of his trusty pickup truck 

And like the hippie now he's thumbin' down the road 

Now some folks don't realize but it's a well know fact 

Cowboy's and hippies ain't never got along 

Now was it just coincidence or some weird act of fate 

That brought these two together on the road? 

Well they sat there without talking while the morning sun rose high 

When a hot desert breeze commenced to blow 

And the fragrance of the incense and six weeks without a bath 

Finally drifted down and reached the cowboy's nose 

Well, man that really did it, he couldn't take no more 

And he tied his old bandana 'round his face 

Said, "You greasy stinking hippie you'd put a skunk to shame 

Boy, you're a discrace to the human race" 

Now the hippie he just sat there and gave the cowboy a smile 

Said, "Man you don't smell so sweet yourself 

Well I'm not too sure what that green stuff is on your boots 

And on your jeans but whew it's enough to make a buzzard belch" 

The cowboy said, "Now listen I ain't gonna that that stuff from you 

No long haired freak's gonna talk to me that way, get up" 

Well the hippie said, "Now hold on man, what good's that gonna do 

You know fighting never settles nothing anyway" 

Said, "You know man, in a lot of ways we're an awful lot alike 

Once you get down beneath the skin 

Like two books with different covers but the same words inside 

We're both brothers of the wind" 

"Now we both love our freedom and we'll answer to no man 

And you've heard it said to thine own self be true 

We're just a couple of free spirts drifting across the land 

Doing exactly what we want to do" 

Said, "Now me I got my thing and you, you got yours 

And I don't see why we can't get along 

They say the closest thing to freedom is livin' on the road 

In a country where freedom's almost gone" 

Well the cowboy, he just stood up there and never said a word 

But you know this hippie sure made a lot of sense 

Well they shook hands and parted as a truck pulled to the side 

And the hippie he went east and I went west