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Credits
PERFORMING ARTISTS
Galt MacDermot
Conductor
Tom Pierson
Conductor
Paul Nicholas
Performer
Original London Cast of The Beggar's Opera
Performer
Oliver Tobias
Performer
Al Garrison
Conductor
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Galt MacDermot
Composer
Gerome Ragni
Lyrics
Jim Rado
Lyrics
Tom Pierson
Arranger
PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING
Didier C. Deutsch
Producer
Paul Goodman
Engineer
Lyrics
[Verse 1]
She asks me why
I'm just a hairy guy
I'm hairy noon and night
Hair that's a fright
I'm hairy, high and low
Don't ask me why, don't know
It's not for lack of brain
Like the Grateful Dead, darling
[Verse 2]
Gimme a head with hair
Long beautiful hair
Shining, gleaming, steaming, flaxen, waxen
Give me down to there, hair
Shoulder length or longer
Here, baby, there, mama
Everywhere, daddy, daddy
[Verse 3]
Hair, flow it, show it
(Hair, hair, hair, hair, hair, hair, oh)
Long as God can grow it, my hair
(My hair)
[Verse 4]
Let it fly in the breeze
And get caught in the trees
Give a home to the fleas in my hair
A home for fleas
A hive for buzzing bees
A nest for birds, there ain't no words
For the beauty, the splendor, the wonder of my hair
(Hair, hair, hair, hair, hair, hair, oh)
Flow it, show it
Long as God can grow it, my hair
[Verse 5]
I want it long, straight, curly, fuzzy, snaggy, shaggy, raggy, matty
Oily, greasy, fleecy, shiny, gleaming, steaming, flaxen, waxen
Knotted, polka dotted
Twisted, beaded, braided
Powdered, flowered and confetti'ed
Bangled, tangled, spangled and spaghetti'ed
[Verse 6]
Oh, say, can you see
My eyes if you can
Then my hair's too short
Down to here, down to there
Down to there, down to where
It stops by itself
[Verse 7]
They'll be ga-ga at the go-go
When they see me in my toga
My toga made of blonde, brilliant, teen, Biblical hair
My hair like Jesus wore it
Hallelujah, I adore it
Hallelujah, Mary loved her son
[Verse 8]
Why don't my mother love me, hair
(Hair, hair, hair, hair, hair, hair, oh)
Flow it, show it
[Verse 9]
Long as God can grow it, my hair
(Hair, hair, hair, hair, hair, hair, oh)
Flow it, show it
[Verse 10]
Long as God can grow it, my hair
(Hair, hair, hair, hair, hair, hair, oh)
Flow it, show it
Long as God can grow it, my hair
Written by: Galt MacDermot, Gerome Ragni, Jim Rado