why must every generation think they re folks are square and no matter where they re heads are they know mom s 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 than determined to remember all the cardinal rules like sunshowers 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 ll know he ll have a question or two like hey pop can i go ride my zoom it goes twohundred miles an hour suspended on baloons and can i put a droplet of this new stuff on my tounge and imagine puffing dragons while you sit and wreck your e lungs and i must me permissive understanding of the younger generation and then i 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 i 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 were best friends she wants to give a bit to me but whats the matter daddy how come your e turning green can it be that you can t live up to your dreams 