Money-The Lovin' Spoonful

Why must every generation think their folks are square And no matter where their heads are they know Momґs ainґt there 'Cause I swore when I was small that Iґd remember when I knew whatґs 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 babyґs due And I know heґll 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 Iґll know that all Iґve learned my kid assumes And all my deepest worries must be his cartoons And still Iґll try to them him all the things Iґve done Relating to what he can do when he becomes a man And still heґll stick his fingers in the fan And "Hey Pop my girlfriendґs only three Sheґs got her own videophone and sheґs taking L.S.D. And now that weґre best friends she wants to give a bit to me But whatґs the matter Daddy how come youґre turning green Can it be that you canґt live up to your dreams"