Don Rogers & the Apostlebillies - This Ain't My Generation Lyrics

December 3rd 1979
Waitin' for the show
In the general admission line
There was a girl on the ground
Screamin' and startin' to bleed
People getting crushed
In the Cincinnati stampede

Well, I'm seven thousand fans
With a teenage brain
Smokin' and drinkin' and stakin' my claim
Got me a ticket to the rock n' roll show
I'm the kid underneath of the crowd
If you really want to know

They finished the set
And won't get fooled again
Kept their encore short
Called their lawyers and their PR men
Roger cried and said
We've got to stop this tour
But Pete said the band will die
If we cancel New York

Well I'm a rock n' roll band
With worldwide fame
Gotta sell a million records
To live up to my name
Standing on the stage of the rock n' roll show
I'm the fire that kills the crowd
If you really wanna know

We'll make a big pile of cash
And sell out the whole damn show
More tickets than seats
That's the way these concerts go
The kids'll have fun
Buy a whole lot of t-shirts and beer
There won't be no trouble
Like the Zeppelin show last year

I'm a suit-wearing guy in the rock show biz
Cross another concert off of my list
All the money made from the rock n' roll show
I'm the guy that sticks it in the bank
If you really wanna know

That thirteen year-old rock-crazed daughter of mine
Talked us into going to the show
With her usual lines
I shoulda known there'd be trouble
At a show like this
With the drinkin' and the drugs
And the long-haired no good kids

Well, I'm a heartbroken mother
With regret and shame
The rest of my life will never be the same
I let my kid go to the rock n' roll show
This ain't my generation
If you really wanna know

Ain't my generation
This ain't my generation
My generation
This ain't my generation
My generation
It ain't my generation