KIDS

Some people think the kids today 
Are getting worse in every way; 
But I think kids are just the same, 
As when their Granddads played the game. 

When Granddad ran his wildest course 
With Model T and saddle horse.
He didn't have the kind of power, 
To go a hundred miles an hour. 

But don't you think that if he had 
He might've been worse or just as bad 
As kids today that go their pace, 
And down the highways wildly race. 

Now in the days when Grandpa went 
He earned what little cash he spent 
Which usually was a small amount 
And never had a bank account 

And so he didn't stretch his luck 
He knew the value of a buck. 
Now if we'd get it through our dome 
That most the trouble starts at home 

Most every night the kids must go 
With too much car and too much dough 
With little thought of Pa or Ma 
And no respect for any law. 

If kids were taught when they were small 
That laws should be obeyed by all, 
There wouldn't be so many wrecks 
And Doctors fixing broken necks. 

If we would take the kids and show 
Them just what's meant by stop and go, 
And why we have the road patrol 
It might help us to keep control. 

But we can always hope they will 
Drive safely over screwball hill 
And I still think the kids will be 
As good a folks as you and me.

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