Mike Watt - "Ballhog or Tugboat")

I asked him if he knew what time he had
He said he wasn't sure maybe a quarter past
The kids of today should defend themselves against the seventies
Appeared in his eyes as we stood in line just to have a look
But the pages I found looked like an unbound coloring book
The kids of today should defend themselves against the seventies (2x)
It's not reality, just someone else's sentimentality
It won't work for you

Baby boomers selling you rumors of their history
Forcing youth away from the truth of what's real today
The kids of today should defend themselves against the seventies
Stadium minds with stadium lies gotta make you laugh
Garbage bandits 'gainst true defenders of the crowds

The kids of today should defend themselves against the seventies (2x)
It's not reality, just someone else's sentimentality
Look what it did to Watt

Speakin' as a child of the seventies

The kids against the seventies
Kids against the seventies
The kids of today should defend themselves against the seventies (12x