The smell of trees can only be that way   On a sunny day, floating through the open window   To the cool inside where we lay side by side      How can anything we feel ever mean so much   As a summer love?   How can anything we need ever get in touch   With the meaning of      A whole life waiting, wishing suddenly   That it's going to be the real thing   Or separating, try your luck again   It's just part of the adventure      Holy cow, you do it to me now   The soundtrack to a generation   Oh wow, you're getting to me now   The soundtrack to a generation      Another tune before the light has gone   And we'll be on our way   The sounds and smells will always linger on   They're in my heart today      We feel so lucky then the world's a massive place   But we run into each other   Just one small happening an accident of fate   Or the work of co-conspirators?   But if we knew what could it do to help us now?      Holy cow, you do it to me now   The soundtrack to a generation   Anyhow, just give it to me now   The soundtrack to a generation      Oh wow, you really get me now   The soundtrack to a generation   Holy cow, you're getting to me now   The soundtrack to a generation      Years have gone on in between   But all I knew at seventeen is all I know now   Through times of joy and suffering   The music flavors everything that's all I know now      Holy cow, you do it to me now   The soundtrack to a generation   Oh wow, you really get me now   The soundtrack to a generation      Anyhow, just give it to me now   The soundtrack to a generation      Just give it, you're getting, you do it, you really got me now   The soundtrack to a generation   Just give it, you're getting, you do it, you really got me now   The soundtrack to a generation      Oh wow, you really get me now   The soundtrack to a generation