Younger Generation — текст песни (John Sebastian)

Why must every generation think they`re folks are square?
And no matter where they`re heads are, they know mom`s aint there.
Cause` I swore when I was small, that I`d remember when,
I knew what`s wrong with them, that I was smaller than.

Determined to remember all the cardinal rules.
Like, sunshowers 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`ll know he`ll have a question or two.

Like, hey pop. Can I go ride my zoom?
It goes twohundred miles an hour, suspended on baloons.
And can I put a droplet of this new stuff on my tounge?
And imagine puffing dragons, while you sit and wreck your`e lungs.
And I must me permissive, understanding of the younger generation.

And then I know that all I`ve learned, my kid assumes.
And all my deepest worries must be his cartoons.
And still I`ll try to tell him all the things I`ve done,
relating to what he can do when he becomes a man.
And still he`ll sticks his fingers in the fan.

And hey pop, my girlfriend`s only three.
She`s got her own videophone,
and she`s a-taking LSD.
And now that were best friends, she want`s to give a bit to me.
But whats the matter daddy? How come your`e turning greed?
Can it be that you can`t live up to your`e dreams?