Mama cry son don't leave town
Find a girl and settle down
I hate to break her heart
but that's not in the cards
While I'm a young man
She says I could find a job
And the fields are on the docks But I've always had a dream
To see all I can see While I'm a young man
When I'm just an old man On a front porch in a chair
Rockin' with the memories from my past
The lines you see on my face should tell a tale of no regress
I wanna look forward to lookin'
back
On the race I ran
When I was a young man
I
want to see those seven seas
And climb the highest mountain peak
I want to make it my career To make the most of every year
While I'm a young man Daddy says young man
I know you have to stand on your own You can't sit at home
He says I understand Cause once I had big plans like you
See I was a young man too
When I'm just an old man
On a front porch in a chair Rockin' with the memories from my past
The lines you see on my face should tell a tale of no regress
I wanna look forward to lookin'
back
On the race I ran
Mama please understand I'm just a young man