I FOUND A PICTURE
OF MY MOTHER
IN HER BELLBOTTOM
JEANS
FLOWERS IN HER HAIR
TWO FINGERS UP
FOR PEACE
IN THAT POLAROID
SHE SMILED
A GROWN UP
BABY BOOMER
MAYBE MAMA WALKED
ON THE WILDSIDE
WALKIN' ON THE MOON
AND WHAT WILL THEY SAY
ABOUT US
WELL I'VE HEARD STORIES
'BOUT MY GRANDPA
CHILD OF THE
GREAT DEPRESSION
HOW GROWIN' UP BROKE
CREATES A DEEP
AND DARK IMPRESSION
HE SITS IN A ROCKER
DOWN AT THE
VETERAN'S HOME
EVEN WHEN I GO
TO VISIT
HE'S STILL ROCKIN'
ALL ALONE
AND WHAT WILL THEY SAY
ABOUT US
WILL THEY CALL US
GENERATION LOST
OR GENERATION GREEN
OR THE CONNECTED
GENERATION
TO A PLASMA SCREEN
OR A GENERATION WHY
ENOUGH IS NOT ENOUGH
OR MAYBE
THEY'LL CALL US
GENERATION LOVE
GENERATION LOVE
WE ARE CHILDREN
OF DIVORCE
VICTIMS OF DYSFUNCTION
WE SPELLCHECK
OF COURSE
AND GPS THE PROPER
JUNCTION
WE'VE GOTTEN
PRETTY GOOD AT
SHIFTIN' ALL THE BLAME
BUT I THINK I HEAR
AN OLD SONG
CALLIN' MY NEW NAME
GENERATION LOVE
NOT GENERATION LOST
OR GENERATION GREEN
OR THE CONNECTED
GENERATION
TO A PLASMA SCREEN
OR A GENERATION WHY
ENOUGH IS NOT ENOUGH
OR MAYBE
THEY'LL CALL US
GENERATION LOVE
OH GENERATION LOVE
WHEN THEY OPEN UP
OUR TIME CAPSULE
A HUNDRED YEARS
FROM NOW
MAYBE THEY WILL
LOOK INSIDE
AND SEE WE FIGURED OUT
HOW TO LIVE WITH LESS
AND GIVE OURSELVES
AWAY
JUST MAYBE
THEY'LL CALL US
JUST MAYBE
THEY'LL CALL US
GENERATION LOVE
YEAH YEAH YEAH
GENERATION LOVE
OH OH OH OH
OH OH OH