Posted this song in the 'Why I Hate Folk Music Thread'.

But I thought it might be an idea to start a new thread for the posting of songs on this subject.

Youth is wasted on the young

If the truth be told,

Experience is wasted on the old

And youth is wasted on the young

When you have your youth

You have no finer weapon than the truth

And you wield it like a sword

When youth is gone

You need all your strengh just to go on

And the truth now cuts you to the bone

If the truth be told,

Experience is wasted on the old

And youth is wasted on the young

Which one is right

The one certain, keen and ready for the fight?

Or the one, unsure, who knows the price to pay

Who are the fools

The ones who want to change all the rules?

Or the ones, who have changed them once before?

If the truth be told,

Experience is wasted on the old

And youth is wasted on the young

Roger Gall 1997