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The three of us stood there reverent and silentWhile others went by in a hurryAnd we posed for a picture under the sign reading"Haight and Ashbury"It was me and Wierd Joe and Sweet Mary AnnWho spent the night before with a bottle in her handAnd Joe laughed out cause she wasn't the first to throw up thereWe stood for a moment and tried to imagineWhat life was like on that streetAnd when I closed my eyes I thought I heard the soundsOf a thousand marching feetThen Mary Ann came up and took my handAnd softly she whispered "this is where it beganPeace and free love and free drugs and free mindsHow could they leave nirvana behind?"Her words echo in my mindDid they leave it all behind?Ghosts I see ghostsGhosts I see ghostsI see spirits on the street, spirits from the pastSpirits in search of their lost other halfI see ghostsSongtexteMary Ann went shopping for bargains on incenseAnd crystals and organic foodWhile Joe and I stopped to question a localAt the risk of sounding rudeHe said, "I used to be a hippy, but now I'm just hip,And I leave the armchair now when I trip,And though I may be a lawyer, I still don't eat animals."I said, "Hey mister, I don't trust no one!"He said, "Neither did I, until I turned thirty-one."This is the pilgrimage of our disenchantmentThis is the place where passion led to contentmentSweet May Ann I love you, but do we stand a chance?Maybe every generation is doomed to the Ghost DanceAnd as we left I swore upon my youthThat I'd never except a compromise over truth Aus Songtexte Mania