Young Man

Mama cries, "Son, don't leave town

Find a girl and settle down"

Well, 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

In the fields or 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

Rocking with the memories from my past

The lines you see on my face should tell a tale of no regrets

I want to look forward to looking back on the race I ran

When I was a young man

I want to see those seven seas

Climb the highest mountain peak

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

Once I had big plans like you

I was a young man too"

When I'm just an old man on a front porch in a chair

Rocking with the memories from my past

The lines you see on my face should tell a tale of no regrets

I want to look forward to looking back on the race I ran

When I was a young man

Mama, please understand

I'm just a young man

I'm just a young man