Janis Ian - Younger Generation Blues lyrics
[Janis Ian - Younger Generation Blues lyrics]
I was sittin' on the corner
I was smokin' on the sly
Along came a grownup from the grownup FBI
Saying "This ain't Marlboro country hon'
Where'd you cop those cigarettes? You
Know you're too young!"
Then up stepped three more governmental nuts
Who'd been laying in the gutter
Disguised as cigarette butts
Called for the sergeant
He rolled up in a hearse
And he called me a lousy, no good
Juvenile pervert
He gave me a lecture on cancer of the lung
Said, "Anyone who smokes is a low down
Dirty bum
Don't let me catch you smokin' around again"
He said and then he took another
Drag of his cigarette
Think I'm hating grownups
You got me all wrong
Very nice people when they
Stay where they belong
But we're the younger generation
And your rules are giving me fixations
I've got this younger generation
Regurgitation blues
I was going down the corner
I was going against the light
It just turned green and up came some guy
Said, "Don't you know that's
A federal offence?
Seems like kids your age just
Ain't got no sense!
And don't you know you're
Risking juvenile arrest?
Committing suicide is punishable by death!"
If you think I'm hating grownups
You've got me all wrong
Very nice people when they
Stay where they belong
But we're the younger generation
And your rules are giving me fixations
I've got this younger generation
Regurgitation blues
But you're not that kind of girl!
Don't knock it 'til you try it!
I was smokin' on the sly
Along came a grownup from the grownup FBI
Saying "This ain't Marlboro country hon'
Where'd you cop those cigarettes? You
Know you're too young!"
Then up stepped three more governmental nuts
Who'd been laying in the gutter
Disguised as cigarette butts
Called for the sergeant
He rolled up in a hearse
And he called me a lousy, no good
Juvenile pervert
He gave me a lecture on cancer of the lung
Said, "Anyone who smokes is a low down
Dirty bum
Don't let me catch you smokin' around again"
He said and then he took another
Drag of his cigarette
Think I'm hating grownups
You got me all wrong
Very nice people when they
Stay where they belong
But we're the younger generation
And your rules are giving me fixations
I've got this younger generation
Regurgitation blues
I was going down the corner
I was going against the light
It just turned green and up came some guy
Said, "Don't you know that's
A federal offence?
Seems like kids your age just
Ain't got no sense!
And don't you know you're
Risking juvenile arrest?
Committing suicide is punishable by death!"
If you think I'm hating grownups
You've got me all wrong
Very nice people when they
Stay where they belong
But we're the younger generation
And your rules are giving me fixations
I've got this younger generation
Regurgitation blues
But you're not that kind of girl!
Don't knock it 'til you try it!