Standard (EADGBE)

Verse 1

I saw the best minds of my generation

Destroyed by madness, starving, hysterical

I should be allowed to glue my poster

I should be allowed to think

Chorus

I should be allowed to glue my poster

I should be allowed to think

I should be allowed to think

I should be allowed to think

 And I should be allowed to blurt the merest idea

 if by random whim one occurs to me

 If necessary leave paper stains

 On the gray utility pole

Verse 2

I saw the worst bands of my generation

Applied by magic marker to drywall

I should be allowed to shoot my mouth off

I should have a call-in show

Chorus

I should be allowed to glue my poster

I should be allowed to think

I should be allowed to think

I should be allowed to think

And I should be allowed to blurt the merest idea

If by random whim one occurs to me

If necessary leave paper stains

On the gray utility pole

Bridge

 I am not allowed ( to ever come up with a single original thought )

 I am not allowed ( to meet the criminal government agent who oppresses me )

Verse 3

I was the worst hope of my generation

Destroyed by madness, starving, hysterical

I should be allowed to share my feelings

I should be allowed to feel

Chorus

I should be allowed to glue my poster

I should be allowed to think

I should be allowed to think

I should be allowed to think

And I should be allowed to blurt the merest idea

If by random whim one occurs to me

But sadly, this can never be

Outro

I am not allowed to think

I am not allowed to think

I am not allowed to think (I am not allowed to think)

I am not allowed to think (I am not allowed to think)

I am not allowed to think (I am not allowed to think)