August 8th Lyrics

Lyric discussion by Squall3600 

Cover art for August 8th lyrics by NOFX

This song is about the day Jerry Garcia died. Mike (Like most punks) hates hippies, so he wrote this song because he hates the guy. The real day of his death is the 9th, and Mike screwed up, but yea... you get the idea.

I always thought it was about the Sherron Tate murders done by the Manson family. The Manson family single handed (almost) destroyed the hippie culture-hence the hippie tears...I'm probably wrong though.

@Squall3600 Did you read that somewhere? Well just Fan Data: But I don't think it's about it! It's about the Events through History, on August 8th; Fat Mike is a Genius, August 8th was the day of the London Treatment to do the followed: Nuremberg Trials! It is also, and I guess must be about it, this song: The day Richard Nixon Resigned in Shame! But you could be right!

I just don't think Grateful Dead to be Hippies; on the contrary; that Psychedellic Movement from the West Coast; like Doors and Jefferson Airplane, and also Grateful Dead and a...