WORTH WATCHING: “What’s the Matter With Kids Today?” from Bye, Bye Birdie (1960)

Lyrics:

Kids! I don’t know what’s wrong with these kids today!

Kids! Who can understand anything they say?
Kids! They are so ridiculous and immature!
I don’t see why anybody wants ’em! Just you wait and see Kids!
Kids! They are just impossible to control!
(Soon you’ll be old enough to be)
Kids! With their awful clothes and their rock an’ roll!
(Another teenage delinquent)
Why can’t they be like you were,
Perfect in every way?
What’s the matter with kids to–
Kids!
What the devil’s wrong with these kids today?
Kids!
Who could guess the they would turn out that way!
Why can’t they be like we were,
Perfect in every way?
What’s the matter with kids?
What’s the matter with kids?
What’s the matter with kids today?

 

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  1. The lyrics to “What’s the Matter with Kids Today” are listed above, but the the person/people who wrote the lyrics and the music are not named. Who was/were he/she/they?

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