Younger Generation Lyrics - Everything Playing - Lovin Spoonful

Why must every generation think their folks are square 

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 

Determined to remember all the cardinal rules 

Like sun showers are legal grounds for cutting school 

I know I have forgotten maybe one or two 

And I hope that I recall them all before the baby's due 

And I know he'll 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 I'll know that all I've learned my kid assumes 

And all my deepest worries must be his cartoons 

And still I'll try to tell them him all the things I've done 

Relating to what he can do when he becomes a man 

And still he'll stick his fingers in the fan