Child Of The Sixties

Words and Music by Raccoon

as recorded on Rainbow Warrior

Hey, hey I’m a long way from home

Yeah I’m a long way from home

I’ll be no closer tomorrow than I am today

Livin' with the pain and the sorrow

I guess that that’s the price I pay

I feel all alone every time I pass a payphone

I’m beginning to understand oblivion in a can

Hey I’m a long way from home

But hey I’m on my way home

I’m an old road soldier – Growing bolder as I’m older

I don’t need no gun

'Cuz the war against the highway can’t be lost or won

I’m a Child of the Sixties

I believe in elves and pixies

The world today is a bigger game

But the rules remain the same

I’m in a sea of clarity

It seems kinda strange to me

That if I can see beyond the stars

I gotta live in a world full of motor cars

I’m a Child of the Sixties

I believe in elves and pixies

I never had a place to call my bed

'Cept where any crazy hippy can lay his head

People been tellin' me what to do - Gonna make 'em take their statements back

Their worlds are tinted blue by the windows on their Cadillacs

The golden green of the tree in the spring - In the evening sunshine

I’ve been tryin' to live this dream - But this dream is not mine

Home is where the heart is

I guess the hardest part is

My heart is like an eagle that soars on the wind

I don’t know where I’ll be when I land again

But hey I’m a long way from home

But hey I’m on my way home

I'm an old road soldier

Growing bolder as I’m older

I don’t need no gun

'Cuz the war against the highway can’t be lost or won

And I’ve traveled – I’ve wandered

Abroad and asunder

My thoughts are like lightning

My footsteps are thunder

The way that things are times the way that I feel

I don’t want a blindfold – I just want my last meal

Hey I’m a long way from home

But hey I'm on my way home

I’m an old road soldier

Growing bolder as I’m older