I ain't going to go to work, I ain't going to go to school Life is just too complicated, to be somebody's fool My side of the mountain, my side of the road To live on what you need, not on what you own To go, and make do, to get back to nature To live, and breathe, to see but not to own I'm going to camp out, in the trees by the freeway Misty ice-plant, running water, and plenty of shade Well first I'll get me a hammock Then I'll get some food Then I guess I could read or write I won't have much to do No more getting up early Or having to go to bed I'll do just what I want to do Whatever comes to my head To go, and make do, to get back to nature To live, and breathe, to see but not to own I'm going to camp out, in the trees by the freeway Misty ice-plant, running water, and plenty of shade There's a few things a modern man begins to miss from the modern world Like a car, a color TV, a radio and a modern girl But I'd rather miss all of that than get caught in the rat race trap It really ain't so bad learning to live and breathe as a natural man I ain't going to go to work, I ain't going to go to school Life is just too complicated, to be somebody's fool My side of the mountain, my side of the road To live on what you need, not on what you owe