D5 D5 Every generation gets fooled again A5 And every generation is the same B5 And its no good saying its not in your name G5 A5 'cause it is in your name D5 And this generation is to blame A5 And this generation is the same B5 And I'm sorry that I can't join in any more G5 A5 G5 But I've been let down too many times before A5 Oh yeah we mean it D5 B5 We hate the kids G5 A5 D5 So dance dance dance to this radio tonight D5 I wanted to believe in rock'n'roll stars A5 I wanted to believe in contemporary art B5 I wanted to aspire to a higher path G5 A5 But there's no higher path D5 It was ever thus, and it was ever you A5 And it's ever us because we'll do it too B5 And we're sorry to the all the disinherited meek, and G5 A5 We're sorry for this con-trick that we play on the people G5 A5 Oh yeah we mean it D5 B5 We hate the kids G5 A5 D5 G5 A5 So dance dance dance to this radio tonight D5 And nobody ever comes alive A5 And the journalists clamour round glamour like flies B5 And boys who should know better grin and get high G5 A5 With fat men who once met the MC5 D5 And no one discusses what they don't understand A5 And no one does anything to harm the brand B5 And this gift is an illusion, this isn't hard G5 A5 G5 Absolutely anyone can play the fucking guitar A5 Oh yeah we mean it D5 B5 We hate the kids G5 Useless children genuflecting A5 To the idols who exploit them G5 Open mouthed and arsed expecting A5 Some god to anoint them G5 A5 D5 G5 A5 Dance Dance Dance to this radio tonight D5 G5 A5 D5 G5 A5 D5 And there's always a monk to get set on fire A5 And there's always a crackhead charismatic liar B5 And there's always a depth to which you can aspire G5 A5 And there's always a teenager due to expire D5 Pop had a beginning, it grew and was tended A5 Now it is rotten. Let it be ended. B5 Let every hopeless case that every drummer befriended, G5 A5 Every seven-inch that every student intended D5 Every groupie and ligger and identity seeker A5 Every druggy and drinker and every loudspeaker B5 Be done with, be piled up, tossed, set alight G5 No more music, thank you and goodnight.