Ghost Tokers in the Sky

The author performs an early version of “Ghost Tokers” at the 4:20 am ceremony in the Quentin Hotel lobby in Amsterdam during the 1996 Cannabis Cup.

(To the tune of “Ghost Riders in the Sky”)

A wake’n’ baker went walking one dark and windy day
He rested on a ridge, he passed along the way
A giant hookah came flyin’, o’r the hills above the town
He saw the smoke a comin’ and heard the strangest sound

hippie hi o, hippie hi a, it’s the ghost tokers in the sky

The buds had just been fired, and still looked nice and green
They dripped with oily resin, just like High Times magazine
His heart was stuck by fear as the hookah thundered by
‘Cause he saw the tokers comin’ and heard their mornful cry

hippie hi o, hippie hi a, it’s the ghost tokers in the sky

Their faces gaunt, their eyes all red, their shirts all soaked in sweat
They’re tryin’ hard to catch a buzz, but they ain’t caught one yet
They’re doomed to toke forever, but never will get high
chained to a fire-snorting hookah, as they fly by hear ’em cry

hippie hi o, hippie hi a, it’s the ghost tokers in the sky

As they flew on by he heard, one call out his name
“If you want to save your soul from hell, you better change your ways!
Cut down on constant smoking, or with us you will ride
And you will toke forever, and never will get high!”

hippie hi o, hippie hi a, it’s the ghost tokers in the sky

(copyright Steven Hager 2011)

One Reply to “Ghost Tokers in the Sky”

  1. Hey Steve! Way cool! Here’s one I wrote about a week ago!

    VOTE FOR CANNABIS
    Words by John Novak
    Inspired the the song, “Magic Bus” by The Who

    Every day I’m singing this song (Vote YES for CANNABIS)
    the laws on pot are still all wrong (Vote YES for CANNABIS)
    We’ll get the signatures on file (Vote YES for CANNABIS)
    and LEGALIZE in a little while (Vote YES for CANNABIS)

    Thank volunteers for getting us here (Vote YES for CANNABIS)
    vote yes for hemp later this year (Vote YES for CANNABIS)
    We are here to cause a fuss (Vote YES for CANNABIS)
    To help legalize CANNABIS! (Vote YES for CANNABIS)
    Yessssssssssss!

    I don’t care what lies they say (Vote YES for CANNABIS)
    The truth of pot spreads everyday (Vote YES for CANNABIS)
    CANNABIS, CANNABIS, CANNABIS
    CANNABIS, CANNABIS, CANNABIS
    Give us industrial (CANNABIS)
    Protect the medicinal (CANNABIS)
    All the agricultural (CANNABIS)
    Always recreational (CANNABIS)

    CANNABIS, CANNABIS, CANNABIS, CANNABIS
    I want it, you want it, we want it…
    Think how much we’ll ‘ll save…
    We want it, We want it, We want it, We want it …
    (WE CAN HAVE IT)

    Millions spent everyday (Vote yes for cannabis)
    keep cannabis users locked away (Vote yes for cannabis)
    Millions spent everyday (Vote yes for cannabis)
    taking people’s freedom away (Vote yes for cannabis)

    CANNABIS, CANNABIS, CANNABIS, CANNABIS
    I want it, you want it, we want it
    So many lives we’ll save
    I want it, you want it, he wants it, she wants it …
    (WE CAN HAVE IT)

    Sign up and vote for Cannabis (Vote yes for cannabis)
    Line up and vote for Cannabis (Vote yes for cannabis)
    We’ll use hemp in every way (Vote yes for cannabis)
    creating new jobs everyday (Vote yes for cannabis)
    I want it, you want it, he wants it, she wants it …
    (WE CAN HAVE IT)

    Learn the truth and make a fuss (Vote YES for CANNABIS)
    Vote yes for HEMP and CANNABIS (Vote YES for CANNABIS)

    CANNABIS (chorus)
    A vote for cannabis
    CANNABIS (chorus)
    is a vote for all of us

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