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


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


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


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


F          G            C            Em
And "Hey, Pop, my girlfriends only three,
Am            G                     C               Em
"Shes got her own videophone and she's taking L.S.D.,
F                  G                    C                        Em
"And now that were best friends she wants to give a bit to me.
F                                                        F7
"But what's the matter      Daddy, how come youre turning green?
D7                                            G
"Can it be that you cant live up to your dreams?