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Somthing Going On

Words and Music by Tom Paxton

My kid´s got me worried, my kid´s acting strange,
He was always cheerful, now there´s been a change.
We used to talk for hours, we ain´t talkin´ anymore,
He´ll sit and tap his fingers, then he´s up and out the door.

My kid was a reader, he always had a book,
You gave my kid a book to read, and that was all it took.
And now he don´t read nothing, he don´t even watch TV,
He checks his watch time after time, and he hardly looks at me.

There is something goin´ on, the kids are walkin´ away.
If we don´t help ´em now, there´ll be some awful dues to pay.
There´s something goin´ on, we might not get them back,
The papers say this crack is killing a generation.

My kid, he was happy, he tore around the place,
You´d always hear him laughing, with a grin across his face.
Now he ain´t much for showers, he forgets to comb his hair,
He looks in your direction, but he doesn't know you´re there.

´Cause there´s something goin´ on, the kids are walkin´ away.
If we don´t help ´em now, there´ll be some awful dues to pay.
There´s something goin´ on, we might not get them back,
The papers say this crack is killing a generation.

My kid´s got me worried, my kid´s acting strange,
He was always cheerful, now there´s been a change.
We used to talk for hours, we ain´t talkin´ anymore,
He´ll sit and tap his fingers, then he´s up and out the door.

Ah, there's something goin´ on, the kids are walkin´ away.
If we don´t help ´em now, there´ll be some awful dues to pay.
There´s something goin´ on, we might not get them back,
The papers say this crack is killing a generation,
The papers say this crack is killing a generation.

Thanks to Jan for the transcription!


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