well when you re too cool for school you ve gotta play by the rules yeah you can call yourself a hipster but they don t care for rock n roll so try as you need but they ain t easy to please they ll drive you wild oh flower child of the new generation flower child of the new generation i ve been waking around wondering what in the hell is up with the world and where did we go wrong i don t need my education to see that when you re too cool for school you ve gotta play by the rules yeah you can call yourself a hipster but they don t care for rock n roll so try as you need but they ain t easy to please they ll drive you wild oh flower child of the new generation flower child of the new generation i ve been stumbling around dazed and confused smoking the green to take away my blues if you use imagination you ll see that when you re too cool for school you ve gotta play by the rules yeah you can call yourself a hipster but they don t care for rock n roll so try as you need but they ain t easy to please they ll drive you wild flower child of the new generation flower child of the new generation don t need my education to use imagination don t need my education to use imagination don t need my education to use imagination don t need my education to use imagination