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Styx – Young Man (1973) | Track profile | Dork

Tracks
Styx
The Serpent Is Rising
Young Man

TRACK

Young Man

Release date: 1st October 1973

From The Serpent Is Rising

About This Track

"Young Man" is a track by Styx, from the album The Serpent Is Rising, released 1st October 1973. Full lyrics are available below.

About the Artist

Styx

Styx

Lyrics

Young Man

People say with age there comes experience

But as soon as you are born you start to die

Older men are chosen to speak wisely

But call the child to the sacrificial rite

Who can we get to win the fight?

Young man!

Who can we get to make love all night?

Young man!

Who do we send away to die?

Young man!

I heard a lonely woman cry for a

Young man!

The fire bombs in distant lands are burning

Jarring every synapse in your soul

Life and death are a meaningless profession

Tomorrow brings a horror yet untold

Who can we get to win the fight?

Young man!

Who can we get to make love all night?

Young man!

Who do we send away to die?

Young man!

I heard a lonely woman cry for a

Young man!

Young man!

Young man!

Come home my son

We'll give you a rest

Welcome my son

We'll give you the best

Time's stowaway

The young man

Short are the days

Of the young man

Young man!

Young man!

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Track details

From The Serpent Is Rising

1973

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Album

The Serpent Is Rising

Release year

1973

—Hallelujah Chorus
—Winner Take All
—22 Years
—Plexiglas Toilet
—The Grove of Eglantine
—As Bad as This
—Jonas Psalter
—The Serpent Is Rising
—Witch Wolf
—Young Man
—Krakatoa

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Credits

Production & Engineering

Writer: James Young, Richard Young
Producer: Barry Mraz, Chuck Panozzo, Dennis DeYoung, James Young, John Curulewski, John Panozzo
Lead Guitar: James Young
Lead Vocals: James Young