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“Younger Generation”
The Lovin’ Spoonful
Cmaj7 Dm7
Why must every generation think their folks are square?
Dm7 G7 Cmaj7
And no matter where their heads are, they know Mom’s ain’t there…
‘Cause I swore when I was small that I’d remember when
I knew what’s wrong with them that I was smaller then.
Cmaj7 Dm7
Determined to remember all the cardinal rules,
Dm7 G7 Cmaj7
Like sun showers are legal grounds for cutting school.
Cmaj7 Dm7
I know I have forgotten maybe one or two,
Dm7 G7 Cmaj7
And I hope that I recall them all before the baby’s due
Dm7 G7 Cmaj7
And I know he’ll have a question or two.
Cmaj7 F G C Am
Like, “Hey, Pop, can I go ride my zoom?
Am F G7 C Am
It goes two hundred miles an hour suspended on balloons.
Am F G C Am
And can I put a droplet of this new stuff on my tongue,
Am Dm D7
And imagine frothing dragons while you sit and wreck your lungs?”
C Am G
And I must be permissive, understanding of the younger generation
Cmaj7 Dm7
Then I’ll know that all I’ve learned my kid assumes,
Dm7 G7 Cmaj7
And all my deepest worries must be his cartoons.
Cmaj7 Dm7
And still I’ll try to tell him all the things I’ve done
Dm7 G7 Cmaj7
Related to what he can do when he becomes a man,
Dm7 G7 Cmaj7
And still he’ll stick his fingers in the fan.
And, “Hey, Pop, my girlfriend’s only three.
She’s got her own videophone and she’s taking L.S.D.,
And now that we’re best friends she wants to give a bit to me.
But what’s the matter, Daddy? How come you’re turning green?
F G
Can it be that you can’t live up to your dreams?
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