Long hair streaming Of peace we were dreaming Olive branch flown by a dove Don't you want somebody to love Baby Televised war on nightly news Bullets flying and napalm views Over Asian sky war clouds billow Darkness Darkness be my pillow Baby Flowing color on whitewash wall First you're larger then you're small Down on Love Street we would stroll We sold our souls for Rock and Roll Baby See Panthers in black on the street Not the kind in the zoo you'd meet Gun in hand feeling so mighty Don't you call me nigger whitey Baby College labs build weapons of war See them explode with awesome roar As cities burned till they were level There was no sympathy for the devil Baby Labeled commies to make us look bad The joy of free love had somehow turned sad Generals roared CHARGE! with teeth a gnashing When they saw the chimes of freedom flashing Baby Then pills from companies owned by the man Started showing up in every ones hand People flipped out bad trips took us deeper It's OK we said, don't fear the reaper Baby We lost the war after too many days And we lost our dream in that purple haze Our vision it seemed too heavy a load To carry on that long and winding road Baby Now here we are some 40 years on But the wars and the killings haven't gone A different war with our toil we're feeding But it's alright ma I'm only bleeding Yo baby I'm only bleeding...