Somewhere along the line things changed
A shift of forced perspective
We've become jaded and cynical
But for what reasons?
Gone from the bright-eyed Pepsi Generation
We turned into a generation of whiners
Slacked out on the couch watching 70's
re-runs on MTV
Though sometimes we forget our place,
our fate
And laugh out loud with true emotions
And the pop artists all stand in line
Eager to cash in on this marketing craze
Selling manufactured angst to a captive
audience
I guess anything that moves you has
some truth
And anger, like sex, seems to sell
Whereas before we had free love
Now we're left with self-effacing masturbation
Copyright 1996, Will A. Sanborn - was1@shore.net