Thumb up in the sun
from Thumb up in the sun by Swindlestock
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Thumb up in the sun
Thumb up in the sun
Thumb up in the sun
Four bees rolling by
And not a smile from anyone
Nobody is slowing
My beard is growing
Suburbites in the distance do their mowing
I’m close to giving up
I’m close to giving in
This damned hitch hiking
Ain’t no easy thing
Lord I’m waiting for a ride
Just waiting for a smile
In the hierarchy of life
I am the bottom of the pile
Nobody is stopping
There’ll all off shopping
Every set of eyes is a mocking
I’m close to giving up
I’m close to going in
I need a coffee and a feed
To keep me singing
All I need is one good hippy
With a heart of gold
There ain’t not one left here
So I am told
It’s all flash SUV’s
And that ain’t no use to me
I’ve just about lost my patience
When a station wagon slows
And the driver says
I am a pastor of the Lutheran church
I see the thoughtless souls
Pass you by with their condescending mirth
You are a child of god
And if you so believe
I shall be your shepherd
And drive you as far as the eastern seas
I wanted a hippy
Well you got a pastor
Or even a yippy
The lord is our master
I got a priest
Well who drives faster?
At least he’s headed east
Thumb up in the sun
Thumb up in the sun
Four bees rolling by
And not a smile from anyone
Nobody is slowing
My beard is growing
Suburbites in the distance do their mowing
I’m close to giving up
I’m close to giving in
This damned hitch hiking
Ain’t no easy thing
Lord I’m waiting for a ride
Just waiting for a smile
In the hierarchy of life
I am the bottom of the pile
Nobody is stopping
There’ll all off shopping
Every set of eyes is a mocking
I’m close to giving up
I’m close to going in
I need a coffee and a feed
To keep me singing
All I need is one good hippy
With a heart of gold
There ain’t not one left here
So I am told
It’s all flash SUV’s
And that ain’t no use to me
I’ve just about lost my patience
When a station wagon slows
And the driver says
I am a pastor of the Lutheran church
I see the thoughtless souls
Pass you by with their condescending mirth
You are a child of god
And if you so believe
I shall be your shepherd
And drive you as far as the eastern seas
I wanted a hippy
Well you got a pastor
Or even a yippy
The lord is our master
I got a priest
Well who drives faster?
At least he’s headed east
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from Thumb up in the sun,
released January 12, 2011
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Swindlestock Oxford, UK
Swindlestock celebrates the life of the itinerant soul. Country, Blues and Folk tales from the byways of the world, seen from two wheels at speed or more slowly by feet, here are songs of place and the people we meet...
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