With Apologies to Who

Your Generation

on a scale of one to ten
you learned to count
you came of age
it didn't take long at all

your expectations turned the bend
we looked away
and it all changed
it didn't take long at all

now that your g-generation
dictates rehabilitation
in control of institutions
do you know what
do you know what
do you know what
you're gonna do

told that you could do no wrong
you grabbed the torch
and held it high
it didn't take long at all

confident and unafraid
or so it seemed
compared to us
it didn't take long at all

now that your g-generation
holds, controls indoctrination
with profound implications
do you know what
do you know what
do you know what
you're gonna do

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I thought I had a good long time
to learn the rules, become a player
to do one thing and then another
establish my eternal era
fixed in time for all to see
as what they call a legacy
left for all posterity
not an unsung nobody
---

from the cradle to the car
they learn to talk
they come of age
it won't take long at all

you say who you think you are
you look away
and it will change
it won't talk long at all

and when your g-generation
struggling with your reputation
looks to ours for inspiration
do you know what
do you know what
do you know what
we're gonna do