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