My wife said, "Dear, you?re almost thirty-three   Don?t you think it?s time to change your ways?   The kids are starvin?, the dog is barkin?   We haven?t had a meal in three days"      "No one wants to hear a musician play   When they know he?s past his prime   Everybody knows when it?s his turn to quit   And I think you?ve reached your time"      I?m tired of wearing buckskin   I think I'll trade my Levis for some new Bermuda shorts   'Cause my wife and kids don?t wanna see their daddy   Be a hippie no more      I said, "Listen ma   I?m gonna get a job and maybe go back to school   I ain't gonna be mad or bitter toward life   'Cause it treated me so cruel, cruel, cruel, cruel"      "I think I?ll even give up smokin? that week   'Cause it boggles up my mind   I?m gonna start my life all over again   Gonna leave that past behind"      I?m tired of wearing buckskin   I think I?ll trade my Levis for some new Bermuda shorts   'Cause my wife and kids don?t wanna see their daddy   Be a hippie no more      I?m tired of wearing buckskin   I think I?ll trade my Levis for some new Bermuda shorts   'Cause my wife and kids don?t wanna see their daddy   Be a hippie no more, no more [Incomprehensible]      I?m tired of wearing buckskin   I think I?ll trade my Levis for some new Bermuda shorts   'Cause my wife and kids don?t wanna see their daddy   Be a hippie no more, whoa