The Generation Gap

(cover of Jeannie C Riley 1970) 

Intro 

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When you see a little baby sitting on his mother's lap 
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It's just the beginning of a thing called the generation gap 
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It's not the difference of age now, that everybody's talking 'bout 
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It's all those no-no's that make up the generation gap 
 

 
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Well, the grown ups go out now, they go to parties and get stoned 
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But that's something they don't talk about in front of the children at home 
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But they ain't fooling anybody now, 'cause those kids are gonna find it out 
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It's just another reason for a thing called the generation gap 
 

 
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Well, the generation gap is a mighty, mighty big hole 
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And you ain't gonna fill it up with all those lies that's being told 
 

 
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You better shut your trap 
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If you expect to narrow the generation gap 

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Preacher says drinking is a sin that we'll have to pay for 
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Well, tell me, what's that liquor bottle doing on the dash of his car? 
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And who's the man who calls "Daddy" every time that Mama's out? 
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Well, do you still wonder why we have that generation gap? 
 

 
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The generation gap is a mighty, mighty big hole 
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And you ain't gonna fill it up with all those lies that's being told 
 

 
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You better shut your trap 
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If you wanna help to close that generation gap 

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Break 

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The generation gap is a mighty, mighty big hole 
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And you ain't gonna fill it up with all those lies that's being told 
 

 
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You better button your lip 
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Or else you're gonna lose yourself on your own generation trip 

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Outro 

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Woo 
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Ooh-ooh,     Ooh-ooh 
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Ooh-ooh,     Ooh-ooh 
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Ooh-ooh,     Ooh-ooh....... Shut up