Boomchild

Dennis DeYoung

©1988 Grand Illusion Music, Admin. MCA Music

 

Ever young, always cool

We had our Chevys and our hoola hoops

Watchin' Bandstand and Micky Mouse

A generation born to twist and shout

 

Hey everybody

We were the children shining like gold

Transistor sister under my pillow

Go Johnny Go

 

New horizons, new frontiers

Sons and daughters of our parent's fears

Super highways in stereo

Make it faster, louder, rock 'n' roll

 

We were dreamin' happy endings

Ask anyone

Expectations, the generation

Born to run

 

I'm a boomchild baby, warn Uncle Sam

Boomchild baby, epidemic in the land

I'm a boomchild baby, federal case

Boomchild baby, just tryin' to find a place

 

All at once, the dreams had stopped

Three bullets fired ended Camelot

But we kept searchin' for the clues

We never knew the world could be so cruel

 

People marchin', people dyin'

Carryin' signs

Assinations and revelations

Blew our minds

 

I'm a boomchild baby, warn Uncle Sam

Boomchild baby, epidemic in the land

I'm a boomchild baby, born of the bomb

Boomchild baby, revolution gone wrong

 

I saw the picture of the flame

Thinking back before the world had changed

Some reflections make no sense

The fall is always hard from innocence

 

Close the door baby, turn the page

I do believe we've finally come of age

Hittin' thirty just like that

I know it's corny but it sure goes fast

 

Hey everybody

We are the children mining for gold

From the hippies to the yuppies

Don't you know

 

I'm a boomchild baby, warn Uncle Sam

Boomchild baby, epidemic in the land

I'm a boomchild baby, I, me, my

Boomchild baby, still tryin' to find the light

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