Richie Havens - Younger Men Grow Older lyrics

"Wish I was a younger man" Said the old man to the young man Oh, I told you what I would do That is if I could find something to do I never did before Because the younger men Grow older everyday Wish we had a better plan To get us where we want to go How useful it would be But I feel if we don't plan ahead We surely will need a helping hand '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 find out that Younger men grow older everyday Wished we had not wrecked the land By understanding without a plan And wastin' all those lives, yeah, yeah So if we do not say it now We may never ever survive To hear them say Younger men grow older everyday We may not even see We may not even see We may not even see Younger men grow older Oh, no, no, no, no We may not even see Younger men grow older We may not even see We may not survive To even see younger men grow older No, no Younger, younger men grow older Older, we may not even see Younger men grow older