Young Men

Young men
They don't take what they've been given
Young men
They write songs about young women
They just want to live forever
They just want to live forever
Amen
In a song, when they're gone amen

And girls
You know I hear that they buy potions
Girls
They buy creams and lotions
They just want to live forever
They just want to live forever
Amen
Like a daisy never fades amen

Young brides
They live on through their children
Architects
They live on through their buildings
Presidents get statues of themselves
Novelists get their books on dusty shelves

But Old men
They are never in a hurry
Old men
Their faces free from worry
They don't care to live forever
They don't care to live forever
Amen
Just to greet the end like a friend amen

The Stone
It returns to the ground
There are no ghosts
No promises of sacred sounds
Every statue disintegrates
And ever word fades from every page

Young Men
We don't take what we've been given
Young Men
We do write songs about young women
We all just want to live forever and we are sorry we will never