Ben Colder - What Is Youth lyrics

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