I'm headed off to Ol' Shoshone Where the birds and the bees won't know me Where men o the war don't exist no more And there ain't no gals to keep no score I'm taking off for the woods To a place where there ain't no shoulds Don't need no books, I'll ponder the ponderosas Don't need no lady, I'll marry the mariposas I can't waste no time in getting there I'll do eighty down eighty without a prayer Don't need no gal, I'll spruce up for the spruces Don't need no pal, I'll change my mood for the mooses I'm headed off to Ol' Shoshone Where the birds and the bees won't know me Where men o the war don't exist no more And there ain't no gals to keep no score If you're wandering where's my ass been It's been cavorting amongst the aspens Don't need no grass, I'll get altered among the alders Don't need no mass, I'll grovel before the boulders I'm headed off to Ol' Shoshone Where the birds and the bees won't know me Where men o the war don't exist no more And there ain't no gals to keep no score I'm headed off to Ol' Shoshone Where the elk and the owls won't know me Where there ain't no judges to whom i gotta plea Because I can be me in Ol' Shoshone