C5                                                    D5
Why must every generation think their folks are so square?
G5                                                          C5
And no matter where their heads are they know moms ain't there?
C5                                                 D5
Cause I swore when I was small that I'd remember when
G5                                                 C5
I knew whats wrong with them that I was smaller then.


C5                                        D5
Determined to remember all the cardinal rules,
G5                                                 C5
Like sun showers are legal grounds for cutting school.
C5                                    D5
I know I have forgotten maybe one or two,
D5          G5                                           C5
And I hope that I recall them all before the baby's due,
D5              G5                   C5
And I know hell have a question or two.


 F5      G5          C5                  E5
Like "Hey Pop, can I go ride my Zoom?"
A5             G5                        C5           E5
"It goes two hundred miles an hour suspended on balloons".
F5      G5                C5                           E5
"And can I put a droplet of this new stuff on my tongue,
A5                                                             D5
"And imagine frothing dragons while you sit and wreck your lungs?
G5                                         D5                    G5
And I must be permissive, understanding of the younger generation.


C5                                               D5
Then I'll know that all Ive le      arned my kid assumes,
G5                                            C5
And all my deepest worries must be his cartoons,
C5                                                   C5                          
And still I'll try to tell him all the things I've done
G5                                            C5
Related to what he can do when he becomes a man,
 D5                   G5                        C5
And still hell stick his fingers in the fan.


F5          G5            C5            E5
And "Hey, Pop, my girlfriends only three,
A5            G5                     C5               E5
"Shes got her own videophone and she's taking L.S.D.,
F5                  G5                    C5                        E5
"And now that were best friends she wants to give a bit to me.
F5                                                        F5
"But what's the matter      Daddy, how come youre turning green?
D5                                            G5
"Can it be that you cant live up to your dreams?