You know parents
Are the same
No matter time
Or place
They don't
Understand us kids
Are gonna make
Some mistakes
So to you
Other kids all
Across the land
There's no need
To argue
Parents just
Don't understand
I remember
One year
My Mom took me
School shopping
It was me
My brother
My Mom
Oh my Pop
And my little
Sister all
Hopped in the car
We headed
Downtown to the
Gallery Mall
My Mom start
Buggin' with the
Clothes she chose
I didn't say
Nut'n at first
I just turned up
My nose
She said
"What's wrong
This shirt cost
Twenty dollars "
I said "Mom
The shirt's plaid
With a butterfly
Collar "
The next half hour
Was the same
Old thing
My Mudda's
Buyin' me clothes
From 1963
And she
Lost her mind
To the ultimate
I asked her for
Adidas and she
Brought me Zips
I said
"Mom what are you
Doin' you'll
Ruin my rep "
She said "you're
Only sixteen
You don't have
A rep yet"
I said "Mom
Put these clothes
Back please "
She said "No
You go to school
To learn not for
A fashion show "
I said "This
Isn't Sha-Na-Na
Come on Mom
I'm not Bowzer
Mom please
Put back the
Bell-bottom Brady
Bunch trousers
But if you don't
Want to I can
Live with that
But you got to put
Back the double
Knit reversible
Slacks "
She wants to
Win it everything
Stayed the same
Inevitably
The first day
Of school came
I thought
I could get over
I tried to
Play sick
But my Mom said
"No No way
Uh-huh
Forget it "
There's nothin'
I could do
I tried to relax
I got dressed up
In those ancient
Artifacts
And when I walked
Into school
It was just as
I thought
The kids were
Cracking up
Laughing at the
Clothes Mom bought
Those who weren't
Laughin' were
Still havin'
A ball
'Cause they
Pointin' and
Whisperin'
As I walked down
The hall
I got home
I told my Mom
How my day went
She said
If they were
Laughin'
You don't need 'em
'Cause they not
Your friend
For the next
Three hours
I tried to 'splain
To my mom
That I was goin'
To have to go
To the buy two
Hundred more times
So to you
Other kids all
Across the land
There's no need
To argue
Parents just don't
Understand
OK here's
The situation
My parents
Went away on
A week's vacation
And they left
The keys to the
Brand new Porsche
Would they mind
Mmmm well
Of course not
I'll just take it
For a little spin
And maybe show it
Off to a
Couple of friends
I'll just cruise
Around the
Neighborhood
Well maybe
I shouldn't
Yeah of course
I should
Pay attention
Here's the thick
Of the plot
I pulled up
To the corner
At the end of
My block
And that's when
I saw this
Beautiful
Girly girl walk
I picked up my
Car phone and
Perpetrate like
I was talkin'
You should have
Seen this girl's
Bodily dimensions
As I honked
My horn just to
Get her attention
She said
Was that for me
I said yeah
She said why
I said come on
And take a ride
With a hell of
A guy
She said
How do I know
You're not sick
You could be some
Deranged lunatic
I said
Come on toots
My name is
The Prince
Besides
Would a lunatic
Have a Porsche
Like this
She agreed and we
Were on our way
She was lookin'
Very good
So was I
I must say word
We hit McDonalds
Pulled into
The drive
We ordered
Two Big Macs and
Two large fries
With Cokes
She kicked her
Shoes off
Onto the floor
She said
Drive fast
Speed turns me on
She put her hands
On my knee
I put my foot
On my gas
She almost got
Whiplash
We took off
So fast
The sunroof
Was open
The music was high
And the girl's
Hand was slowly
Movin' up my thigh
She had opened
Three buttons on
Her shirt so far
I guess that's why
I didn't notice
The police car
We're doing ninety
In my Mom's
New Porsche
And to make this
Long story
Short short
When the cop
Pulled me over I
Was scared as hell
I said I don't
Have a license
But I drive very
Well Officer
I almost had
A heart attack
That day
Come to find that
The girl was
A twelve year old
Runaway
I was arrested
The car was
Impounded
There's no way
For me avoid
To bein' grounded
My parents
Had to come off
A vacation
To get me
I'd rather be
In jail than to
Have my father
Hit me
My parents
Walked in
I got my jump
I said
Mom Dad
How was your trip
They didn't speak
I said I want to
Plead my case
But my father
Just shoved me
In the car
By my face
It was a hard
Ride home
I don't know how
I survived
They took turns
One would beat me
While da other
Was drivin'
I can't believe it
I just made
One mistake
Well parents
Are the same
No matter time
Or place
So to you
Other kids
All across
The land
Take it from me
Parents just don't
Understand