C                                                     Dm
Why must every generation think their folks are so square?
G                                                           C
And no matter where their heads are they know moms ain't there?
C                                                  Dm
Cause I swore when I was small that I'd remember when
G                                                  C
I knew whats wrong with them that I was smaller then.

C                                         Dm
Determined to remember all the cardinal rules,
G                                                  C
Like sun showers are legal grounds for cutting school.
C                                     Dm
I know I have forgotten maybe one or two,
Dm          G                                        C
And I hope that I recall them all before the baby's due,
Dm              G                    C
And I know hell have a question or two.

 F      G           C               Em
Like "Hey Pop, can I go ride my Zoom?"
Am             G                          C          Em
"It goes two hundred miles an hour suspended on balloons".
F       G                 C                          Em
"And can I put a droplet of this new stuff on my tongue,
Am                                                             Dm
"And imagine frothing dragons while you sit and wreck your lungs?
G                                         Dm                    G
And I must be permissive, understanding of the younger generation.

C                                                Dm
Then I'll know that all Ive le  arned my kid assumes,
G                                             C
And all my deepest worries must be his cartoons,
C                                                   C                          
And still I'll try to tell him all the things I've done
G                                             C
Related to what he can do when he becomes a man,
 Dm                  G                    C
And still hell stick his fingers in the fan.

F           G            C            Em
And "Hey, Pop, my girlfriends only three,
Am            G                C                 Em
"Shes got her own videophone and she's taking L.S.D.,
F                   G                 C                   Em
"And now that were best friends she wants to give a bit to me.
F                                                         F7
"But what's the matter  Daddy, how come youre turning green?
D7                                            G
"Can it be that you cant live up to your dreams?