Zippy the Hippy

Zippy was an older man

Living his life the best way he can

Along came Flower Power in the sixties no less

It changed his personality badly I guess

He dressed all flamboyant flared jeans and all

With his bell bottomed trousers he had answered the call

To a new life of wonderment, flowers and the like

He even drove a big three wheeled motor bike

With the music of the day blasting out of his radio

He rode around town to put on a show

In his fancy clobber and with flowers in his hair

He just went through life without a care

Then he met Bonnie a girl in tight jeans and a great smile

A really good looker the best by a mile

Fell hook line and sinker he just did not care

What others thought of this ill matched hippie pair

Together they celebrated free love for all

Just spent life together, a never ending ball

They bought an old Citreon 2cv car a funny looking thing

Bright yellow it was but a lot of joy it did bring

So they traveled the country whenever they could

And enjoyed life together like any couple would

They got involved in protest marches at Greenham Common no less

What made them do it was anybody’s guess

Arrested a few times, spent a few weeks in Jail

When they came out they both looked quite pale

As the sixties became seventies times changed quite bit

But together they roamed the country still keeping fit

Their love of music kept them young at heart

And they swore to each other they would never part

So twenty years later with three kids in the back

Of their old 2cv car with their life back on track

Alcohol and drugs had never been their thing

They had seen all the misery these items can bring

So now still fit a healthy they ran their own farm

Enjoyed living their new life of peaceful calm

So it just goes to show that life can move on

All of those memories remain of a previous life gone

So let’s just say that how wild a life you may have lead

Make the most of what’s offered because you are a long time dead.