Met a man he was nice   said his name was paradise   Didn't realise at the time   that his face and mind were mine   Hippy Gumbo he's no good   Chop him up for firewood   It seemed good and it seemed right   that I should dig him on the night   but in the morning with the sun he pulled an automatic gun   He blew my soul, he blew my brain   he said I could not do the same   Hippy Gumbo he's no good   Chop him up for firewood   Hippy Gumbo he's no good   Chop him up and burn the wood.