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F Am F Am Am Dm F E My kid's got me worried, my kid's acting strange, Am Dm F E He was always cheerful, now there's been a change. C Dm C E We used to talk for hours, we ain't talking anymore, Am Dm F E 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.
C G/B Am There is something going on, the kids are walking away. C G/B Am G F If we don't help 'em now, there'll be some awful dues to pay. Am C Am There's something going on, we might not get them back, Am/G F E Am 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 going on, the kids are walking away.
If we don't help 'em now, there'll be some awful dues to pay.
There's something going 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 talking anymore,
He'll sit and tap his fingers, then he's up and out the door.
Ah, there's something going on, the kids are walking away.
If we don't help 'em now, there'll be some awful dues to pay.
There's something going 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.
(Words and music by Tom Paxton, 1991)
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