My kids got me worried, my kids acting strange He was always cheerful, now there's been a change We used to talk for hours, we ain't talking anymore He sit and tap his fingers, and he's up and out the door My kid was a reader, he always had a book He gave my kid a book to read, 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 going on, the kids are walking away If we don't help now, there'll be some awful dues to pay There's something going on, we might not get them back The papers say this crowd is killing a generation My kid he was happy, he told 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 There's something going on, the kids are walking away If we don't help now, there'll be some awful dues to pay There's something going on, we might not get them back The papers say this crowd 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's sitting, tap his fingers, then he's opening out the door There's something going on, the kids are walking away If we don't help now, there'll be some awful dues to pay There's something going on, we might not get them back The papers say this crowd is killing a generation The papers say this crowd is killing a generation The papers say this crowd is killing a generation