Hitchhiker - Neil Young

Written by：Neil Young

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

You didn't see me in Toronto

When I first tried out some hash

Smoked some then and I'll do it again

If I only had some cash

If I only had some cash

Then I tried amphetamines

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

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

But the neon lights

And the endless nights

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

Then came paranoia

And it ran away with me

I couldn't sign my autograph

Or appear on TV

Or see or be seen

Living in the country

Looked good to me

Smoking grass while the summer lasts

In the real organic sea

Where everything was green

Then we had a kid and we split apart

I was living on the road

A little coc*ine went a long long way

To ease that different load

My head did explode I know

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