Kids today, they never listen to a word you say
And if they do they don't believe you anyway
And that's what's the matter with kids today
Kids grow up, then they forget to call their mothers
They take her money and they move so far away
And that's what's the matter with kids today
Always hanging around, out on the scene
Looking so tough, looking so mean
Yeah, when I was a teen, we always kept it clean
Kids today, I guess they've just forgotten how to play
The singing cowboy star has left the matinee
And that's what's the matter with kids today
Always calling you down, hate in their eyes
Calling your bluffs, calling your lies
Yeah when they get wise, they'll learn that life's no prize
Kids are kids, they're only doing what their parents did
Nobody showed them there was any other way
And that's what's the matter with kids today
Kids today, kids today