Back When My Hair Was Short

Back when my hair was short I was a white-socked sport Wore pointed shoes and pegged pants Drank 'til my eyes were red Hid "Playboy" 'neath my bed Slicked my D.A. for the dance (When you danced, when you danced) Back when my hair was short I met some friends in court For stealing hubcaps from cars Chain-smoking under the stars Played all night pinball in bars And dreamed about love (Love) We were experts on love We talked our way all around it And even if we had found it We couldn't respond Slowly I changed my ways College and long-haired days Seeing three concerts a week An honest to God hippie freak Too busy eating to speak Except about love (Lo-o-oove) We held rallies for love But no one knew what they stood for How many months were they good for The meaning is gone Soon when my hair is short I'll make a full report Of how I came back alive (Came back, came back alive) And what it takes to survive Wringing the truth out of jive I'll tell you of love (Love) More than ever it's love No lack of faith undermines it Cause it's the hope that we'll find it That makes us go on Back when my hair was short I was a white-socked sport Holding beer parties 'til three College appealed to me Eastern philosophy