Younger Generation

Why must every generation think their folks are square

And no matter where their heads are they know mom´s ain´t there

Cause I swore when I was small that I´d remember when

I knew what´s wrong with them that I was smaller then

Determined to remember all the cardinal rules

Like sun showers are legal grounds for cutting school

I know I have forgotten maybe one or two

And I hope that I recall them all before the baby´s due

And I knoe he´ll have a question or two

Like "hey Pop, can I go ride my zoom

It goes two hundred miles an hour suspended on balloons

And can I put a droplet of this new stuff on my tongue

And imagine frothing dragons while you sit and wreck your lungs"

And I must be permissive, understanding of the younger generation

Then I´ll know that all I´ve learned my kid assumes

And all my deepest worries must be his cartoons

And still I´ll try to them him all the things I´ve done

Related to what he can do when he becomes a man

And still he´ll stick his fingers in the fan

And "Hey, Pop, my girlfriend´s only three

She´s got her own videophone and she´s taking L.S.D.

And now that we´re best friends she wants to give a bit to me

But what´s the matter Daddy, how come you´re turning green?

Can it be that you can´t live up to your dreams?"