The kids todaynThey got nothing to saynThey got nothing to saynBecause they taught 'em that waynThey wanna watch 'em grow oldnPut them in their gravesn'Till they're gonennThey mess with their heartsnAnd they mess with their mindsnAnd they plug up their earsnAnd then they make 'em go blindnTill they're walking the streetnAnd they can't tell what time it isnnYou see them standing in linenYou watch them going insanenBecause they're wasting their timenWhile they're waiting in vainnThis is the way it should benYou were born to be freenSo why you wasting awaynWhy you wasting awaynnYou see them standing in linenYou watch them going insanenWhile they're wasting their timen'Cause they're waiting in vainnIs this the way it should benYou were born to be freenSo why you wasting awaynWhy you wasting awaynnTeachers todaynThey got nothing to saynThey got nothing to saynBecause they taught 'em that waynThey only do what they're toldnSo they can get their paynAnd go homenThey walk down the streetsnWith their hearts in their handsnAnd they grow up too fastnAnd then they can't understandnWhat it's like to be a womannOr maybe a mannnYou see them standing in linenYou watch them going insanenBecause they're wasting their timenWhile they're waiting in vainnThis is the way it should benYou were born to be freenSo why you wasting awaynWhy you wasting awaynnYou were born to be freennSo why you wasting away