hippies in calgary

a few years back when me and old john worked the calgary rodeo

we were hangin' 'round town with nothin' to do and nowhere else to go

the cowboys are known for their fun loving ways - pranks and practical jokes

and i'll never forget the night we impressed a bunch of them calgary folks. now

just down the hall in the old hotel where me and old john stayed

were some school marms - they'd come up from dallas

to party for a couple of days

now

these old gals was fancy dressers - they had wigs and beads and all

so we put on the hair and took off our boots and boogied down the hall. well

you could never tell we were cowboys - we were real lookin' hippies by heck

with long hair

bare feet and old t-shirts and beads around our neck

well

shoot

we just had to show someone

so we boogied on down to the lounge

there was cowboys and gents in nice old suits

and ladies in long evenin' gowns. well

we found us a table and pulled up a chair

and lit up them bull durham smokes

smoke filled the air - everyone there thought these hippies were smokin' dope

now

leonard mccray and old ronnie rosin was sittin' two tables away

so we did what we thought that hippies would do

when we noticed 'em lookin' out way. we'd wave our long hair and roll back our eyes

and suck on them homemade smokes

say stuff like 'cool' and 'ya

man

wow' - we put one heck of a show

now ronnie and leonard - they'd been there awhile

so they weren't feelin' much pain

and i reckon they figured they'd have 'em some fun

with these two hippie freaks that walked in. well

the bar got deadly quiet and these cowboys come strollin' our way

these city folks knew it wouldn't be long 'til the battle got underway

now ronnie

he came right over to me

and he locked me square in the eye

said

hey there