Younger Generation
John Sebastian

Cmaj7                                    Dm7
Why must every generation think their folks are square?
G                                           Cmaj7
And no matter where their heads are, they know mom's ain't there
C                                          Dm7
Cause' I swore when I was small, that I'd remember when
G                                        Cmaj7   
I knew what's wrong with them that I was smaller than

Cmaj7                           Dm7
Determined to remember all the cardinal rules
G                                      Cmaj7
Like, sunshowers are legal grounds for cuttin' school
C                             Dm7
I know I have forgotten maybe one or two
G                                            Cmaj7   C
And I hope that I recall them all before the baby's due
         Dm7             G7             C
And I'll know he'll have a question or two

      F   G         C    C/B     Am
Like, hey pop - Can I go ride my zoom?
        F           G               C        C/B    Am
It goes two hundred miles an hour, suspended on balloons
     F           G               C         C/B   Am
And can I put a droplet of this new stuff on my tongue?
    Dm                                 D7
And imagine frothing dragons, while you sit and wreck your lungs
    C            C/B            Am                     G
And I must be permissive, understanding of the younger generation

       Cmaj7                                 Dm7
Then I know that all I've learned, my kid assumes
    G                             Cmaj7
And all my deepest worries must be his cartoons
    C                                  Dm7
And still I'll try to tell him all the things I've done
  G                             C  
Relating to what he can do when he becomes a man
    Dm7                   G7             C
And still he'll stick his fingers in the fan

     F  G       C            C/B   Am
And hey pop, my girlfriend's only three
       F                G               C     C/B Am
She's got her own videophone and she's taking L S D
     F             G                          C     C/B      Am
And now that were best friends, she wants to give a taste to me
    Dm                          D7
But whats the matter daddy? How come you're turning green?
       F                                 G7       Cmaj7
Can it be that you can't live up to your dreams?
