We Hate The Kids

Every generation gets fooled again

And every generation is to blame

And its no good saying its not in your name

'cause it is in your name

And this generation is the same

And this generation is to blame

And I'm sorry that I can't join in any more

But I've been let down : too many times before

Oh yeah we mean it

We hate the kids

So dance dance dance to the radio tonight

I wanted to believe in rock'n'roll stars

I wanted to believe in contemporary art

I wanted to aspire to a higher path

But there's no higher path

It was ever thus, and it was ever you

And it's ever us because we'll do it too

And we're sorry to the all the disinherited meek, and

We're sorry for this con-trick that we play on the people

Oh yeah we mean it

We hate the kids

So dance dance dance to the radio tonight

And nobody ever comes alive

And the journalists clamour round glamour like flies

And boys who should know better grin and get high

With fat men who once met the MC5

And no one discusses what they don't understand

And no one does anything to harm the brand

And this gift is an illusion, this isn't hard

Absolutely anyone can play the fucking guitar

Oh yeah we mean it

We hate the kids

Useless children genuflecting

To the idols who exploit them

Open mouthed and arsed expecting

Some god to anoint them

Dance Dance Dance to this radio tonight

And there's always a monk to get set on fire

And there's always a crackhead charismatic liar

And there's always a depth to which you can aspire

And there's always a teenager due to expire

Pop had a beginning, it grew and was tended

Now it is rotten. Let it be ended.

Let every hopeless case that every drummer befriended,

Every seven-inch that every student intended

Every groupie and ligger and identity seeker

Every druggy and drinker and every loudspeaker

Be done with, be piled up, tossed, set alight

No more music, thank you, goodnight.