Inaugural Blues - Loudon Wainwright III

Talkin' 'bout my generation

People try to put us down

But they weren’t people, just our parents

Now they’re old or not around

Bill and Hill are our first couple

Student prez, homecoming queen

Tipper’s cute, Albert’s handsome

The in-crowd is the winning team

The baby boomers are the bosses

Rock and roll is here to stay

Fleetwood Mac got back together

In separate limos on reunion day

We got Elvis and the Beatles

Protested war, now we’ve won

Bill’s gone gray, Al’s slightly balding

But we are forever young

It?

s not quite a coronation

Feels more like a senior prom

In D.C., bells ring, there are fireworks

On TV, we see Baghdad bombed

Points of light and talk of angels

It?

s rhetoric, it must be told

I?

m talking about my generation

Hope we grow up before we’re old

Hope we grow up before we’re old, yeah