Charles Strouse
Kids (Reprise)
[Company]
Kids!
I don't know what's wrong with these kids today!
Kids!
Who can understand anything they say?

[Randolph]
Kids!
They are so ridiculous and so immature!
I don't see why anybody wants 'em!

[Mr. MacAfee]
Just you wait and see

[Randolph]
Kids!
They are just impossible to control!

[Mr. MacAfee]
Soon you'll be old enough to be

[Randolph]
Kids! With their awful clothes and their rock an' roll!

[Mr. MacAfee]
Another teenage delinquent
[Randolph]
Why can't they be like you were
Perfect in every way?
What's the matter with kids to—

[Company]
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?

[Mr. and Mrs. MacAfee]
What's the matter with kids?

[Randolph]
What's the matter with kids?

[Company]
What's the matter with kids today?