Neil Young - Hitchhiker (video) lyrics

When I was a hitchhiker on the road, I had to count on you But you needed me to ease the load and for conversation too Or did you just drive on through ? You didn't see me in Toronto when I first tried out some hash Smoked through a pen and I'd do it again but I didn't have cash I didn't have the cash Then I tried amphetamines and my head was in a gla** Taped underneath the speedometer wires of my '48 Buick's dash But I knew that wouldn't last Then came California where I first saw open water In the land of opportunity I knew I was getting hotter I knew I was getting hotter But the neon lights and the endless nights they took me by surprise The doctor gave me valium but I still couldn't close my eyes I still couldn't close my eyes Then came paranoia and it ran away with me I couldn't sign my autograph or appear on TV Or see or be seen Living in the country looked good to me Smoking gra** while the summer pa**ed in the real organic sea Where everything was green Then we had a kid and we split apart, I was living on the road A little c**aine went a long long way to ease that different load And my head did explode, my head did explode I wish I was an Aztec or a runner in Peru I could build such beautiful buildings to house the chosen few Like an Inca from Peru Many years have come and gone Like friends and enemies I tried to leave my past behind But it's catching up with me I don't know how I'm standing here Living my life, I'm thankful for my children And my faithful wife