Intro: E E A B E Sister got bit by a copperhead snake in the woods behind the house E A B E And nobody was home so I grabbed her foot and I sucked that poison out A Sister got better in a month or two when the swelling it went down E A B E But I started off my teenage years with a poison in my mouth Chorus: A E A E And we were too young to be hippies missed out on love A E E B A Return to our teen in the late seventies in a summer of the drugs E A B E Mommy and Daddy could never understand that life was never cold E A B E Their idea of a rollicking town was a kitchen tap appall A Acid, grass, downs and speed, junked us days were made of E A B E How could they suspect those kids where the monsters eat their makers Chorus: A E A E And they were too young to be hippies missed out on love A E We learned from the teens of the late seventies in a E B E Summer of the drugs F# D Boys and girls in every town F# C# Sandman spread his sand around F# B D C# B Now we are just waking up from a summer of drugs A E A Hey hey (hey hey), woh woh (woh woh), uh-huh (uh-huh) E A E Hey yeah (hey yeah), hey hey (hey hey), woh woh (woh woh) E B A Oh yeah yeah yeah E A B E Mommies and Daddies are too shy to talk about those birds and bees E A B E Integrated schools had stopped, facts of life please A Girls and boys went away came back, empty after weekend E A B E The talk on the phone consisted of a hush, voices speaking Chorus: A E A E And they were too young to be hippies missed out on love A E E B E Return to our teen in the late seventies in a summer of the drugs A E And they were too young (too young) A E And they were too fast (too fast) A E E B E Oh, the summer of drugs A E A E A E A E ../