No one feels more alone that the children of a dying breed
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You never feel at home when you're just another mouth to feed
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I wanna live in geological time
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Because I'm still in my biological prime
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If nobody listens, then who's gonna hear?
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If nobody listens, will we disappear?
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You flip a man a quarter playing songs on his guitar
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You're on a street corner, feeling like a patron of the arts
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And now the kids don't know how to dance to rock and roll
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I said the kids don't know how to dance to rock and roll
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If nobody listens, then who's gonna hear?
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If nobody listens, will we disappear?
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I just don't understand why the kids don't know how to dance to rock and roll
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I said the kids don't know how to dance to rock and roll
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They're always on the phone and they always gotta have control
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And now the kids don't know how to dance to rock and roll
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The golden years are under attack
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(We're taking them back, we're taking them back)
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The golden years are under attack
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(We're taking them back, we're taking them back)
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Looking for an original voice
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But the beaten path leaves little choice
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The melody that you thought you found
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Reveals that she's been sleeping around
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We were apostles, they were the high priests
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We lived the hustle, the keepers of the backbeat
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We're under pressure to reconcile
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Our point of view with contemporary style
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It used to be that the kids were the ones who knew how to get off
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It was a yell from the swamp, now it's only coming out as a cough
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I can't sell my songs so I'm gonna have to give 'em away
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I can't sell myself since my hair started turning to grey
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If nobody listens, then who's gonna hear?
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If nobody listens, will we disappear?
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I just don't understand why the kids don't know how to dance to rock and roll
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I said the kids don't know how to dance to rock and roll
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The high priests are calling all disciples back to the fold
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Because the kids don't know how to dance to rock and roll
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Them Kids
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| Sam Roberts |
