D
D
Every generation gets fooled again
A
And every generation is the same
Bm
And its no good saying its not in your name
G A
'cause it is in your name
D
And this generation is to blame
A
And this generation is the same
Bm
And I'm sorry that I can't join in any more
G A G
But I've been let down too many times before
A
Oh yeah we mean it
D Bm
We hate the kids
G A D
So dance dance dance to this radio tonight
D
I wanted to believe in rock'n'roll stars
A
I wanted to believe in contemporary art
Bm
I wanted to aspire to a higher path
G A
But there's no higher path
D
It was ever thus, and it was ever you
A
And it's ever us because we'll do it too
Bm
And we're sorry to the all the disinherited meek, and
G A
We're sorry for this con-trick that we play on the people
G A
Oh yeah we mean it
D Bm
We hate the kids
G A D G A
So dance dance dance to this radio tonight
D
And nobody ever comes alive
A
And the journalists clamour round glamour like flies
Bm
And boys who should know better grin and get high
G A
With fat men who once met the MC5
D
And no one discusses what they don't understand
A
And no one does anything to harm the brand
Bm
And this gift is an illusion, this isn't hard
G A G
Absolutely anyone can play the fucking guitar
A
Oh yeah we mean it
D Bm
We hate the kids
G
Useless children genuflecting
A
To the idols who exploit them
G
Open mouthed and arsed expecting
A
Some god to anoint them
G A D G A
Dance Dance Dance to this radio tonight
D G A
D G A
D
And there's always a monk to get set on fire
A
And there's always a crackhead charismatic liar
Bm
And there's always a depth to which you can aspire
G A
And there's always a teenager due to expire
D
Pop had a beginning, it grew and was tended
A
Now it is rotten. Let it be ended.
Bm
Let every hopeless case that every drummer befriended,
G A
Every seven-inch that every student intended
D
Every groupie and ligger and identity seeker
A
Every druggy and drinker and every loudspeaker
Bm
Be done with, be piled up, tossed, set alight
G
No more music, thank you and goodnight.
