The Kids Are Still Alright

There's a hole in the sidewalk
Where there used to be a pay phone
Next to a nicotine tar pit
That keeps spitting out the bare bones

Of the panthers and the playboys
Who used to rule the west coast
Just jealous museum relics
Cryin 'bout the new noise
Dancing' round the maypole

Same as it ever was
Youth swallowing the young
Don't you get it
That you're only supposed to get it
Once it's too late
That you only live through it just once

That same thing
Mirror ball spinning on
Like it does

Hey the kids are still alright
Still chasin' midnight
Still running out of time
Hey the kids are still alright
Still got them airtight alibis
Still out back getting high

Kids are still alright

It's all moving faster
Than it says on your doomsday clock
You used to be the Saturday earthquake
Now your Tuesday's aftershock

Tomorrow night's still gonna happen
No one cares if you're there or not
No one cares if you can walk on water
No one cares if you're better off

Same as it ever was
Youth swallowing the young
Same as it ever was

A little paralyzed by convenience
Everyone's a real genius
At the tap of a fingertip
I don't need these holy trinkets
I just stare into the bandwidth
And I know that I exist

Watch last year's gods get dragged to the guillotine
I just thought that there'd be
More kicking and screaming
Seems it always comes down to this
You're either get out or you get in
You're out on the road or you're parked in the ditch
You're the end of the joke or you get the gist

Just having a hard time telling which is which

Hey it's alright, it's alright, it's alright
Kids are still alright

Hey it's alright, it's alright, it's alright
Kids are still alright