Tom Paxton - Something Going On lyrics

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's something goin' on The kids are walkin' away If we don't help ‘em around We'll have some terrible dues to pay There'll be something goin' on We might not get them back The papers say this crack Is k**ing a generation My kid, he was happy He tore around the place You'd always hear him laughlng 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 terrible dues to pay There's something goin' on We might not get them back The papers say this crack Is k**ing 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 But there's something goin' on The kids are walkin' away If we don't help ‘em around There'll be some terrible dues to pay There's something goin' on We might not get them back The papers say this crack Is k**ing a generation The papers say this crack Is k**ing a generation