Robyn Hitchcock - Young People Scream lyrics

Young people scream
But the old they don't hear what they say
Young people dance
But the old they just get in the way
Young people laugh
But the old they just don't wanna hear
Because it's all been done before and baby
If it hasn't they don't care

Old people, they make young people scream
Old people
They make young people lay down and die

Old people envy the young all
Their vigor and rhythm
Soon they'll be dead and they want
To take everyone with 'em
With their leathery skin and their
Shriveled old underwear too
They're stuck in the past and
They'll never do anything new, no!
Old people, they make young people scream
Old people
They make young people lay down and die

Young people always get hot when
There's something to say
Senior citizens got us in this mess today
Apples and pears when they're ripe they
Fall down from the trees
Old people cling on to life
Like some kind of disease

Old people, they make young people scream
Old people
They make young people lay down and die

Old people, they make young people scream
Old people
They make young people lay down and die