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Lyrics:
Charlie was a jailbird
When he heard his first Beatles song
I Wanna Hold Your Hand I think it was
And from there it didn't take him long
He Got himself a guitar
Creepy Karpis taught him to play
Charlie made a big plan
To record over in LA
Don't ya know
Charlie told parole man
Hey, Man, I'm going away
I'm gonna hit the big time
Gonna be a big star someday
He got himself a "family"
out at Spahns movie ranch
Terry Melcher heard his songs
Charlie's big music chance.
Don't you know
Chorus)
Don't you know
That you are a hippie star,..(don't you know, don't you know)
Don't you know that you are A hippie Star
And all the world will fear you
Just as long..as you're in prison bars?
Charlie made a record
The Beach Boys recorded his song
Suddenly nobody wanted to hear Charlie sing along
Melcher didn't sign him
and his record deal had passed
Charlie looked around and
said "It's helter skelter time at last."
(chorus)
And all the world will fear you
Just as long..as you're in prison bars?
guitar
(chorus)
And all the world will fear you
Just as long..as you're in prison bars?
Charlie's now in prison
for the crimes that he had led
still playing guitar with a
Swastika carved on his head
Charlie's life passed him by
like a bad trip acid day
If you listen to the hippies
You can still hear Charlie play
Don't you know,...
(improv of chorus)
And all the world will fear you
Just as long..as you're in prison bars?