The Lovin` Spoonful - Younger Generation

Why must every generation think their folks are square
And no matter where their heads are they know mom쨈s ain쨈t there
Cause I swore when I was small that I쨈d remember when
I knew what쨈s 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 baby쨈s due
And I knoe he쨈ll 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 I쨈ll know that all I쨈ve learned my kid assumes
And all my deepest worries must be his cartoons
And still I쨈ll try to them him all the things I쨈ve done
Related to what he can do when he becomes a man
And still he쨈ll stick his fingers in the fan

And "Hey, Pop, my girlfriend쨈s only three
She쨈s got her own videophone and she쨈s taking L.S.D.
And now that we쨈re best friends she wants to give a bit to me
But what쨈s the matter Daddy, how come you쨈re turning green?
Can it be that you can쨈t live up to your dreams?"

Why must every generation think their folks are square
And no matter where their heads are they know momjjaems ainjjaemt there
Cause I swore when I was small that Ijjaemd remember when
I knew whatjjaems 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 babyjjaems due
And I knoe hejjaemll 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 Ijjaemll know that all Ijjaemve learned my kid assumes
And all my deepest worries must be his cartoons
And still Ijjaemll try to them him all the things Ijjaemve done
Related to what he can do when he becomes a man
And still hejjaemll stick his fingers in the fan

And "Hey, Pop, my girlfriendjjaems only three
Shejjaems got her own videophone and shejjaems taking L.S.D.
And now that wejjaemre best friends she wants to give a bit to me
But whatjjaems the matter Daddy, how come youjjaemre turning green?
Can it be that you canjjaemt live up to your dreams?"

The Lovin Spoonful- Younger Generation

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, ...

The Lovin' Spoonful - Younger Generation (HQ)

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John Sebastian - Younger Generation @ Woodstock 1969

John Sebastian with "Younger Generation" from a film about Woodstock 1969 :-)

The Lovin' Spoonful - Younger Generation (1970)

The Lovin' Spoonful - ☆❤☮❤☮ "Younger Generation" ☮❤☮❤ ☆ (With Lyrics)

On the road again with: "Younger Generation" is a song which John Sebastian dedicated to a newborn baby at the Woodstock festival in 1969. John Sebastian's ...