i think the song is about how as a kid everyone wants to be rebellious and stick it to the adults. as kids we all tell ourselves not to forget when grownups were the bad-guys: "i swore when i was small that i'd remember when i knew what's wrong with them that i was smaller than." but then when one becomes a parent, things change. john sebastian talks about the transition from kid to father and is basically saying that it's a crazy thought that his own baby boy will experiment with things: skipping school, driving, and doing drugs.
the point is to not lose your temper at all the kids for doing what you did when you were young. show respect for the younger generation because everyone was a kid at some point.
so those are just my ideas about this song. i really like it but the meaning is all there in the song so you don't need to listen to me.
i think the song is about how as a kid everyone wants to be rebellious and stick it to the adults. as kids we all tell ourselves not to forget when grownups were the bad-guys: "i swore when i was small that i'd remember when i knew what's wrong with them that i was smaller than." but then when one becomes a parent, things change. john sebastian talks about the transition from kid to father and is basically saying that it's a crazy thought that his own baby boy will experiment with things: skipping school, driving, and doing drugs. the point is to not lose your temper at all the kids for doing what you did when you were young. show respect for the younger generation because everyone was a kid at some point. so those are just my ideas about this song. i really like it but the meaning is all there in the song so you don't need to listen to me.