Intro: E5 E5 A5 B5 E5 Sister got bit by a copperhead snake in the woods behind the house E5 A5 B5 E5 And nobody was home so I grabbed her foot and I sucked that poison out A5 Sister got better in a month or two when the swelling it went down E5 A5 B5 E5 But I started off my teenage years with a poison in my mouth Chorus: A5 E5 A5 E5 And we were too young to be hippies missed out on love A5 E5 E5 B5 A5 Return to our teen in the late seventies in a summer of the drugs E5 A5 B5 E5 Mommy and Daddy could never understand that life was never cold E5 A5 B5 E5 Their idea of a rollicking town was a kitchen tap appall A5 Acid, grass, downs and speed, junked us days were made of E5 A5 B5 E5 How could they suspect those kids where the monsters eat their makers Chorus: A5 E5 A5 E5 And they were too young to be hippies missed out on love A5 E5 We learned from the teens of the late seventies in a E5 B5 E5 Summer of the drugs F#5 D5 Boys and girls in every town F#5 C#5 Sandman spread his sand around F#5 B5 D5 C#5 B5 Now we are just waking up from a summer of drugs A5 E5 A5 Hey hey (hey hey), woh woh (woh woh), uh-huh (uh-huh) E5 A5 E5 Hey yeah (hey yeah), hey hey (hey hey), woh woh (woh woh) E5 B5 A5 Oh yeah yeah yeah E5 A5 B5 E5 Mommies and Daddies are too shy to talk about those birds and bees E5 A5 B5 E5 Integrated schools had stopped, facts of life please A5 Girls and boys went away came back, empty after weekend E5 A5 B5 E5 The talk on the phone consisted of a hush, voices speaking Chorus: A5 E5 A5 E5 And they were too young to be hippies missed out on love A5 E5 E5 B5 E5 Return to our teen in the late seventies in a summer of the drugs A5 E5 And they were too young (too young) A5 E5 And they were too fast (too fast) A5 E5 E5 B5 E5 Oh, the summer of drugs A5 E5 A5 E5 A5 E5 A5 E5 ../
