I stole a flower, yeah From a hippie And I stole it Just for you, baby A pretty little flower A friendly nice hippie And I stole it Just for you He smiled and he waved at me As I slowly walked away Then he picked two more flowers From the karma library I stole some money From a bank And I stole it Just for you A sack fulla dollars From a city bank Yeah, and I stole it Baby, just for you I give you everything I got 'Cause sweetheart, I love you The bank rips off third world children And people like me and you Maybe I'm just going out of my mind, oh-huh Or maybe I'm just really right on time, oh-huh ♪ Every little flower growing in the garden I'll give to you There's gonna be some real sad bankers Before I'm through I stole a flower, yeah From a hippie And I stole it Baby, just for you A pretty little flower A friendly nice hippie And I stole it Just for you