After seaching for 40 years I found it!!!!!

Discussion in 'Music' started by MeAgain, Nov 17, 2025 at 4:01 PM.

  1. MeAgain

    MeAgain Dazed & Confused Lifetime Supporter Super Moderator

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    Some of you may remember in ages past I asked if anyone remembered a song from the 60s that came out as a counter to Merle Haggard's "Okie from Muskogee" which, at the time, was seen as a redneck song.
    (And I'm proud to be an Okie from Muskogee)

    The song I was looking for was "Hippie From Olema #5", by The Youngbloods (Get Together) ...but I didn't know that.

    "Hippie From Olema #5"
    (feat. Jesse Colin Young)

    Well I'm proud to be a hippie from Olema
    Where we're friendly to the squares and all the straights
    We still take in strangers if they're ragged
    We can't think of anyone to hate

    We don't watch commercials in Olema
    We don't buy the plastic crap they sell
    We still wear our hair long like folks used to
    And we bathe often, therefore we don't smell

    And I'm proud to be a hippie from Olema
    Where we're friendly to the squares and all the straights
    We still take in strangers if they're ragged
    We can't think of anyone to hate

    We don't throw our beer cans on the highway
    We don't slight a man because he's black
    We don't spill our oil out in the ocean
    'Cause we love birds and fish too much for that

    And I'm proud to be a hippie from Olema
    Where we're friendly to the squares and all the straights
    We still take in strangers if they're Haggard
    In Olema, California, planet Earth


     
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