Trying to forget your generation
Use them anyway, I see
Well the ends must justify the means
I said your generation don't mean a thing to me
I said your generation don't mean a thing to me
I said your generation don't mean a thing to me

Might take a bit of violence
But only violence ain't our only stance
Might make our friends enemies
But we gotta take that chance

There ain't no time for substitutes, so
There ain't no time for idle threats, so
Well actions are rather hard to place
'Cause what you give is what you get

So, that's your generation
That's your generation
Well that's your generation
Well that's your generation

Trying to forget your generation
Use 'em anywhere, I see
Well the ends must justify the means
I said your generation don't mean a thing to me
I said your generation don't mean a thing to me
I said your generation don't mean a thing to me

Might take a bit of violence
But violence ain't our only stance
Might make our friends enemies
But we gotta take that chance

There ain't no time for substitutes, so
There ain't no time for idle threats, so
Well actions are rather hard to place
'Cause what you give is what you get

So, that's your generation
Well that's your generation
Well that's your generation
Well that's your generation

To the end justify the means
To the end justify the means
To the end justify the means
To the end justify the means
Your generation!

It's time
It's time your generation's gotta end
It's gotta end
It's time your generation's gotta end
I said your generation's gotta end
Your generation!

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Writer(s): BILLY IDOL, TONY JAMES