"Young Man Blues" as written by Elton John and Bernie Taupin....
Oh, well, a young man
Ain't got nothin' in the world these days
I said a young man
Ain't got nothin' in the world these days
Well, you know in the old days
When a young man was a strong man
All the people, they'd step back
When a young man walked by
But you know, nowadays
It's the old man
He's got all the money
And a young man ain't got nothin' in the world these days
I said
Ain't got nothing
Got sweet nothing
Everybody knows that
Everybody knows that
Everybody knows that a young man ain't got nothin'
Ooh, yeah
Everybody knows that a young man ain't got nothin'
In the old, in the old days
Oh, in the old days
Everybody stepped back when a young man walked by
They stepped back
They stepped back
They stepped back
They stepped far, far back, yeah
Have pity on the young man
They ain't got nothin' in the world these days, I said
They ain't got nothin'!
They got sweet fuck-all!
Ain't got nothin' in the world these days
I said a young man
Ain't got nothin' in the world these days
Well, you know in the old days
When a young man was a strong man
All the people, they'd step back
When a young man walked by
But you know, nowadays
It's the old man
He's got all the money
And a young man ain't got nothin' in the world these days
I said
Ain't got nothing
Got sweet nothing
Everybody knows that
Everybody knows that
Everybody knows that a young man ain't got nothin'
Ooh, yeah
Everybody knows that a young man ain't got nothin'
In the old, in the old days
Oh, in the old days
Everybody stepped back when a young man walked by
They stepped back
They stepped back
They stepped back
They stepped far, far back, yeah
Have pity on the young man
They ain't got nothin' in the world these days, I said
They ain't got nothin'!
They got sweet fuck-all!
Lyrics submitted by planetearth
"Young Man Blues" as written by Mose Allison
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I just signed up just becuase this song hasnt been commented on its sooooooooooooo good man!
Beleive me this is an amazing song, you gotta listen to it. Rock fans, who fans, whatever! this is a hidden gem for sure. The lyrics itself have so much meaning today as well as back in the sixties when they were written but its when you here it, it just blows you away!.
LISTEN TO THIS SONG MAN!
ITS GREAT! HONEST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I have the live version and it pretty much dominates
They were great live.. not the same... psychicness of Zeppelin..
But they had a really cool unique live sound
Plus they were just crazy
Mose Allison, yeh , heard them explain about 'da jazz sage' on Live at Leeds when I checked that. Its a tune man, the who were so tight musically.
Bad ass music
The WHO are fuckin lethal, the best set of musicians in a band for me man.