Younger Generation

Why must every generation think their folks are square And no matter where their heads are, they know Mom磗 ain磘 there 'Cause I swore when I was small that I磀 remember when I knew what磗 wrong with them, that I was smaller then Determined to remember all the card'nal rules Like sun showers are legal grounds for cuttin' school I know I have forgotten maybe one or two And I hope that I recall them all before the baby磗 due And I know he磍l 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磍l know that all I磛e learned my kid a*sumes And all my deepest worries must be his cartoons And still I磍l try to them him all the things I磛e done Relating to what he can do when he becomes a man And still he磍l stick his fingers in the fan And "Hey, Pop, my girlfriend磗 only three She磗 got her own videophone and she磗 taking L.S.D. And now that we磖e best friends, she wants to give a bit to me But what磗 the matter Daddy, how come you磖e turning green? Can it be that you can磘 live up to your dreams?"