know parents are the same no matter time nor place They don’t that us kids are gonna make some mistakes So to you, all the kids all the land There’s no need argue, parents just don’t understand I remember year My mom took school shopping It was me, my brother, my mom, oh, my pop, and my little hopped in the car We headed downtown to Gallery Mall MY mom started bugging with the clothes she I say nothing at first I turned up my nose She said, wrong? This shirt cost $20″ I said, “Mom, this shirt is plaid a butterfly collar!” The next half hour was same old thing My mother buying me clothes 1963 And then she her mind and did the ultimate I asked her Adidas and she bought me Zips! said, “Mom, what are you doing, you’re ruining my rep” She said, “You’re only sixteen, you don’t have a rep I said, “Mom, let’s put these back, please” She “no, you go to school to learn not for a fashion show” I said, “This isn’t Sha Na come on Mom, I’m not Bowzer please put back the bell-bottom Brady Bunch trousers But if you don’t want to I can live with that gotta put back the double-knit reversible slacks” She moved - everything stayed the same Inevitably the first of school came I thought could get over, I tried to play sick But my mom said, “No, no way, forget it” There was nothing I do, I tried to relax I got dressed up in those ancient And when I walked into school, it was just as I The kids cracking up laughing at the clothes Mom bought those who weren’t laughing still had a ball Because were pointing and whispering As I down the hall got home and told my Mom how my day went She said, “If they were laughing you don’t them, Cause not good friends” For the six hours I tried to explain to my Mom That I was gonna have to go through this 200 more times So to you all the kids all the land There’s no to argue Parents don’t understand here’s the situation My parents went on a week’s vacation and They left the keys to the brand Porsche they mind? Umm, well, course not I’ll just take it a little spin And maybe show it off a couple of friends I’ll just cruise it around neighborhood Well, maybe I Yeah, of course I attention, here’s the thick of the plot I pulled up to the corner at end of my block That’s when I saw this beautiful girlie girl I picked up my car phone perpetrate like I was talking should’ve seen this girl’s bodily dimensions I honked my horn to get her attention She said, that for me?” I “Yeah” She said, I said, “Come on and take a ride with a guy” She said, “How do I you’re not sick? You could be deranged lunatic” I said, “C’mon - my name is the Prince = Beside, would a lunatic have a Porsche like She agreed and we on our way She was looking very good and so was I, I must say - We McDonald’s, pulled into the drive We ordered two Macs and two large fries with Cokes kicked her shoes off onto the floor She said, “Drive fast, speed turns on” She put her hand on my knee, I put my foot on the We almost got whiplash, I took so fast The roof was open , the music was high And this girl’s hand was steadily moving up my She had opened up three buttons on her so far I guess that’s why I didn’t that police car We’re doing ninety in my Mom’s new And to this long story short - short When cop pulled me over I was scared as hell I said, “I have a license but I drive very well, officer” I almost had a heart that day Come to find out the girl was a runaway was arrested, the car was impounded was no way for me to avoid being grounded My parents had to come off from vacation get me I’d rather be in jail than have my father hit me My parents walked I got my grip, I said, “Ah, Dad, how was your trip?” They didn’t speak - I said, “I to plead my case” But father just shoved me in the car by my face That was a hard ride home, I don’t know how I They took turns - one would beat me the other was driving I can’t believe I just made a mistake Well are the same no matter time nor place So to you all kids all across the land Take it from parents just don’t understand