As a result of some recent challenges associated with parenting my kids, this Dylan lyric really struck a cord with me:
Come mothers and fathers
Throughout the land
And don't criticize
What you can't understand
Your sons and your daughters
Are beyond your command
Your old road is
Rapidly agin'
Please get out of the new one
If you can't lend your hand
For the times they are a-changin'.
2 comments:
Good advice. This topic ("generation gap") comes up constantly with my students here, they are stunned that a large share of the music on my iPod came from my daughter, that I "allow" her to live with a guy (these women are c. 25-30 and many are still not "allowed" to date let alone live with a guy), etc. I'll continue my subversive American prof role and pass the Dylan tune along with lyrics.
You read these lyrics out of the 60's and realize that they'll ALWAYS be true. It's ironic and cool that Dylan just performed the song at the White House -- it can be seen online.
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