Tracy Jenkins - And the Beat Goes On lyrics

There was a guy running after his childhood and a child running after his adulthood. All the others were caught in the middle just trying to find parallels in their universe. A gay man in a phallic hat hit on all the girls. Was he lying to them or lying to himself? They didn't care as long as the drinks were free. There was a man who didn't work at all, actually and a bunch of kids who worked too much They all looked the same but told a different story. Two guys heard it was going to be cool so they hitched a ride with someone who looked cool and watched in awe at all the cool people. I wish I could be that cool. A young girl smiled knowingly twirling her hair at the young boy all the women told her about. "He's just going to break your heart." So she set out to break his first. The skater punk tries to score a hit from the wannabe roadie who tells stories he read in a book forgetting to mention they weren't his. And the beat goes on as the irresponsible lifestyle clashes with the responsible culture and they can all just get along for the few hours they share a dance a moment in time erased by memories they recall but can never really remember. The ME generation and the WHY ME generation and the ANYONE BUT ME generation boogey on down to the ones who fathered them all while the fat girl comes out of the corner finally safe from the ogling of breasts and the skinny girl finally stopped pushing up hers And they burn their bras together. The rebel children lash out at their conservative parents who smoked with your parents back in the day and everything is just deja vu to you. He asked me if we knew each other his eyes were dilated and I'd never looked into those eyes before tonight but, yeah, I've seen you before I think I was you once before. And he looks away and begins to forget because there's always something else to remember. The boy who sat beside you all along has disappeared so you make small talk with the one at the bar because life goes on. And when last call is shouted they all go home to separate worlds but he beat goes on.