Wish I was a younger man
Said the old man to the young man
Oh I'd show you what I would do
There is it I could find something to do
I never did before
Because younger men grow older everyday
(They found out too late)
Wish we had a better plan
(People say)
To get us where we want to go
Oh how peaceful it would be
(But I say)
If we don't plan ahead
We surely will be left behind
'Cause younger men grow older everyday
Wish I could see my children grow
And doing what they want to do
Oh that is all I am living for
But if you don't tell them
How to do what they want to do
(You'll find out that)
Younger men grow older everyday
Wish we had not rape the land
By endless digging without a plan
And a wasting all those lives
Yeah, yeah
So if we do not save it now
We may never, never survive to even see it
Younger men grow older everyday, yeah, yeah, yeah
We may not even see it
We may not even see it
We may not even see younger men grow older
Oh, no, no, no, no
We may not even see it
Younger men grow older
We may not even see it
We may not survive to live and see it
Oh, no, no
Said the old man to the young man
Oh I'd show you what I would do
There is it I could find something to do
I never did before
Because younger men grow older everyday
(They found out too late)
Wish we had a better plan
(People say)
To get us where we want to go
Oh how peaceful it would be
(But I say)
If we don't plan ahead
We surely will be left behind
'Cause younger men grow older everyday
Wish I could see my children grow
And doing what they want to do
Oh that is all I am living for
But if you don't tell them
How to do what they want to do
(You'll find out that)
Younger men grow older everyday
Wish we had not rape the land
By endless digging without a plan
And a wasting all those lives
Yeah, yeah
So if we do not save it now
We may never, never survive to even see it
Younger men grow older everyday, yeah, yeah, yeah
We may not even see it
We may not even see it
We may not even see younger men grow older
Oh, no, no, no, no
We may not even see it
Younger men grow older
We may not even see it
We may not survive to live and see it
Oh, no, no