You Damn Kids

You damn kids think you know it all

Well we’re telling you – you don’t

If you don’t straighten up real soon

We’re gonna toss you in the moat

When you’re young, you’ve got to learn

All your life you try, try, try

If you don’t you can’t go

To the store to buy, buy, buy

And if you can’t, it’s sad but true

Then you just may die, die, die

You damn kids have no respect

For this thing that we call love

From the time that you are old enough

There’s just one thing you think of

You do it in the movies

You do it in the car

Hope you kids are smart enough

Not to go too far

And if you do we hope you know

Who your real friends are

You damn kids are always out

Rain, snow or sleet

We can never figure out

What you’re doing 

On the street

You say there’s nothing wrong with it

We’ve got nothing to fear

But just exactly what it is

Is never really clear

And if there’s nothing wrong with it

Why can’t you do it here?