The Kids Don't Get It

You said, "If I ask you a question

Are you going to lie to me?"

I said, "Honey, is that your question?

'Cause, honey, that one's easy"

'Cause half the truth is

Just how much there is

The kids don't get it

No, the kids don't get it

I'm going to be an expert stranger

Better than the giant squid

I'm going to leave the stranger experts

Scratching their heads saying, "How'd he do it?"

When half the truth is

Just how hard it is

But the kids don't get it

No, the kids won't get it

I'll be the antlers

And I'll be the elk

I'll be the right whale

And I'll be parallel

The kids don't get it

that's right, the kids don't get it

I'll feel more than human

When the work's hitting home

I'll be aped by my ancestors

I'll state the plan as my own

I'll be gripping the city

I'll be hitting the town

You'll say, "I'd be hurt if you didn't"

When I come around

Yeah, that's right, the kids don't get it

I'll be as careless as you are certain

I'll get out of my own way

I'll stop to cry into the curtains

And like the greats before me go on stage

And if half true it's

Good enough for this

'Cause the kids don't get it

No, the kids don't get it

If I ask you a question

you going to lie to me?

Ah, honey, is that your question?

'Cause that one's easy

The kids don't get it

Just how hard it is

The kids don't get it

Just how much there is