can't remember can't recall
when was it that they lost your soul
half a century ago
you tried to fit in where you don't belong

seems half a century now
it wasn't all that long
they say time is money, they say it's gold
well honey, you just drunk it all

shaking to the shakes, shaking to the funk
doesn't matter which, it's the shakes you got
shaking to the lady, shaking to the boss
it's the hippie hippie shakes you got..

shaking in the empty room, shaking in the street
doesn't matter where, man you got no beat
shaking to the future, shaking to the past
you got it in your pocket, yeh believe that much...

shake your cripple, shake your bum
do it for the sixties, hold on man
shake it like a guru, go for the lust
it's the hippie hippie shakes you got

can't remember, can't recall
since that parting shot with god
oh never mind that thought
now it's dirt you want

the river ran so fast
since they dealt your hand
and stuck that ring right through your nose
oh poor baby you've danced a lot
poor baby you're so sad

you got the hippie hippie shakes.
the hippie shakes..