He was a 1970's flower child He was a poet and he smoked a little grass; Now he's a man of the 90's Out there bustin' his ass. But you know he still hears the beat Of the Animals and Hendrix and The Doors But he's in with the 90's music now, Or at least just enough to pass. And he still plays his guitar with a twangy sound And he's always up for gettin' down And he's Country and he's rock (and he's hoe-down) And he don't know when to stop And he always wants to take his music down-town And he got his romance from Neil Diamond And he got his wisdom from Bob Dylan and Leonard Cohen He got his woman from a man that never knew her He got his get-up-and-go from just goin' And he learned that whisky is deadly And he learned that life is too short to cry And he learned that happiness comes To the man who can see it And that love only works when you try And he gets by, living on love and memories Yes he gets by, and he'll get by forever With the love of his woman, His guitar and his song You'll never see this man down very long And he'll die as he lived Giving it all he's got to give And he wrote it all down in this song.