What Is Youth

A whole bunch of kids with real long hair

Standin' throwin' rocks at the town square

Might be fun but I don't think it's fair

Cause they call me the town square

Sure was different back when I was a kid

Some of the mean things that I did

The old man took down the razor strap

And he'd say Ben bend over my lap

Then the lonely voice of youth cried awow that is truth

You can't even whistle at a girl anymore

It could be a boy and he might get sore

Then again he might not you can't ever tell

Some of them fellers are really swell

They travel a lot and they're really hip

Seems they're always takin' a trip

Bet there's a lot of pretty country to see

Ridin' around in an LSD

And the lonely voice of truth cries what is youth

[ guitar ]

I saw a young man sittin' on the witness stand

And the man with the book said raise your right hand

Not that right hand you're other right hand

The young man on the stand didn't understand

The judge said son do you solomonly swear

Said I swear I can't hear you on account of my hair

Really it was long as a horses tail

But I guess that's the US male

And the lonely voice of truth cries what is youth

[ guitar ]

Heck I went to college for quite awhile

They say I made straight A's in wild

Guess I was a little bit slow

I flunked protestin' two years in a row

Couldn't learn to speak the language of the kids in town

I'd say burn it up instead of burn it down

Even used pot to wipe out my head

But I used the one that was under the bed

And the lonely voice of truth cried

What are youth doin'

Youth are my friends youth and youth but not himth