Biography:
John Sebastian (born John Benson Sebastian on 17 March 1944, in Greenwich Village, New York City) is an American songwriter and harmonica player. He is best known as a founder of The Lovin' Spoonful, a band inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2000. His tie-dyed denim jacket is prominently displayed there.
Early in their recording and airwave career, Lovin' Spoonful members termed their approach "good-time music". Unlike many pop groups of the day
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Why must every generation think their folks are square?
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And no matter where their heads are they know Moms aint there?
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Cause I swore when I was small that I'd remember when
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I knew whats wrong with them that I was smaller then.
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Determined to remember all the cardinal rules,
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Like sun showers are legal grounds for cutting school.
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I know I have forgotten maybe one or two,
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And I hope that I recall them all before the baby's due,
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And I know hell have a question or two.
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Like ``Hey Pop, can I go ride my Zoom?
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``It goes two hundred miles an hour suspended on balloons.
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``And can I put a droplet of this new stuff on my tongue,
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``And imagine frothing dragons while you sit and wreck your lungs?
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And I must be permissive, understanding of the younger generation.
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Then I;ll know that all Ive learned my kid assumes,
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And all my deepest worries must be his cartoons,
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And still Ill try to tell him all the things Ive done
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Related to what he can do when he becomes a man,
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And still hell stick his fingers in the fan.
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And ``Hey, Pop, my girlfriends only three,
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``Shes got her own videophone and shes taking L.S.D.,
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``And now that were best friends she wants to give a bit to me.
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``But whats the matter Daddy, how come youre turning green?
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``Can it be that you cant live up to your dreams?
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