The Voice of My Generation

The thing of it is Brian
You don't know how it's gonna end when you start
The words pour out you like water and you let 'em flow
The city is a current
You plug it and it drives you, it drives you
The story chases you
No matter where you go
And someone had to write it, someone had to capture it
Puzzle out the how and why
Somehow I could see the something in the shadow
But let me just show you I wasn't planning to be
The voice of my generation
Before you're really ready
You've become part of a bigger conversation
You're a landmark on the landscape
When you've barely settled in
There are certain expectations
(Bum bum bum bum)
You have to insulate yourself from the glamour
You have to shut it down or you'll get deafened by the dim
But I was here to light it, I was here to capture it
Twenty-four or twenty-five
I was on the edge of more than I could handle
But even from the outside I've never wanted to be
The voice of my generation
I wasn't trying to be some literary sensation
I wasn't looking to see the path to my coronation
One more deadline
One more headline
One more love goes by
But I wasn't asking to be the voice of my generation
The thing of it is, Brian
Talent just does what it does
I'm sure some people have a problem with that