GENERATION GAP

Grandpa came to stay with us

Mom said he's getting old

Please try not to upset him

Just do as you are told

She put him in my bedroom

Oh man he sure can snore

I've turned into a zombie

I don't sleep well anymore

~~~*Chorus*~~~

You wanna know about 

The generation gap

Come and talk to Grandpa

He's an expert on all that

Electronics are the devil's tool

Ink and piercings are not cool

Get your hair off of your ears

Stand up straight

Speak plain and clear

Wear a pair of pants that fit

And turn that music down a bit

Clear the room, so I can nap

There's your generation gap

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We started watching old shows

That my Grandpa had

I got hooked on "The Waltons"

"The Andy Griffith Show", and "Mash"

He helps me with my History

Shoot, he lived through most of it

When my friends showed up to jam

I turned it down a bit

Hank said, man what's wrong with you

You're weirder every day

Quit hanging with your Grandpa

You're getting way too strange

~~~*Chorus*~~~

You wanna know about 

The generation gap

Come and talk to Grandpa

He's an expert on all that

Electronics are the devil's tool

Ink and piercings are not cool

Get your hair off of your ears

Stand up straight

Speak plain and clear

Wear a pair of pants that fit

And turn that music down a bit

Clear the room, so I can nap

There's your generation gap

~~*~~

Grandpa hid the TV trays

Said, we need family time

We eat at the same table

There's laughter through the night

I went to my first ballgame

We fly kites in the park

Go for a drive on Sundays

And don't get home till dark

I've never been so happy 

Feels right in every way

Didn't know what was missing

Till Grandpa came to stay

~~~*Lyrical Bridge*~~~

Now I find it hard to understand

How all us kids got out of hand

We all forgot what decent is

The "Me Generation" really lives

And I find myself laughing at

"Expression of Ourselves"

It's just dis-figuration

Who wants to look like hell

You don't have to agree with me

You're fine right where you're at

I want to be a man like Grandpa

Close that generation gap

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~~~*Chorus*~~~

You wanna know about 

The generation gap

Come and talk to Grandpa

He's an expert on all that

Electronics are the devil's tool

Ink and piercings are not cool

Get your hair off of your ears

Stand up straight
Speak plain and clear

Wear a pair of pants that fit

And turn that music down a bit

Clear the room, so I can nap

There's your generation gap

~~*~~

Teresa Lynn Johnson

Wrdspnr@aol.com
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