I am the author of "Young Man". I wrote it, and, seeking publication, allowed Hoyt Axton to put his mother's name on it. I would love to locate an mp3 of any of the recordings of it. I also wrote a song I called "Roads", which Hoyt also recorded. Young Man was also translated into Russian at some point, and I'd like to know more about that.

My email address is ray.phoenix@gmail.com I'd love to hear from anyone who liked either of the songs I mentioned.

Small note: According to Hoyt, Johnny Cash would have recorded Roads in its original form, but wanted to have 1/2 the song writing credit. That would have made Mae's part 1/4, and Hoyt says he told Johnny Cash, "No". Of such decisions are changes made. I became a computer programmer for 22.5 years. Who knows what might have happened if Johnny had recorded the song. :-)

The original words are close to what is here, I can comment on the changes if anyone is interested.