The Lovin' Spoonful - Younger Generation Lyrics
Why must every generation think their folks are square?And no matter where their heads are they know Mom's aint thereCause I swore when I was small that I'd remember whenI knew what's wrong with them that I was smaller thanDetermined to remember all the cardinal rulesLike sun showers are legal grounds for cutting schoolI know I have forgotten maybe one or twoAnd I hope that I recall them all before the baby's dueAnd I know he'll have a question or twoLike "Hey pop can I go ride my Zoom?It goes two hundred miles per hour suspended on balloonsAnd can I put a droplet of this new stuff on my tongueAnd imagine frothing dragons while you sit and wreck your lungs?"And I must be permissive, understanding of the younger generationAnd then I'll know that all I've learned my kid assumesAnd all my deepest worries must be his cartoonsAnd still I'll try to tell him all the things I've doneRelating to what he can do when he becomes a manAnd still he'll stick his fingers in the fanAnd "Hey pop, my girlfriend's only 3She's got her own videophone and she's a taking LSDAnd now that we're best friends she wants to give a bit to meAnd what's the matter Daddy, how come you're turning greenCan it be that you can't live up to your dreams?"
