The Lovin' Spoonful - Younger generation

Why must every generation think their folks are square And no matter where their heads are they know moms aint there Cause I swore when I was small that Id remember when I knew whats 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 babys due And I knoe hell have a question or two Like "hey Pop, can I go ride my zoom It goes two hundred miles an hour suspended by 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 Ill know that all Ive learned my kid assumes And all my deepest worries must be his cartoons And still Ill try to them him all the things Ive done Related to what he can do when he becomes a man And still hell stick his fingers in the fan And "Hey, Pop, my girlfriends only three Shes got her own videophone and shes taking L.S.D. And now that were best friends she wants to give a bit to me But whats the matter Daddy, how come youre turning green? Can it be that you cant live up to your dream?"