作词 : John Sebastian
 作曲 : John Sebastian
Why must every generation think their folks are square
And no matter where their heads are they know mom 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
And 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 him all the things l've done
Relating to what he can do when he becomes a man
And still he'll stick his fingers in the fan
And hey pop my girlfriend's only three
She's got her own videophone and she's taking Lsd
And now that we are best friends
She wants to give a taste to me
But what's the matter daddy
How come you look at me
Could it be that you can not live up to your dream