A friend of mine - a Dubliner named Frank Molloy, living for many years in Frankfurt/Germany - wrote a song about young and old

You can also find the song and more at this site

Let The Young

Now I'm young and in my teens
There's a lot of things that I ain't seen
I can work, or study hang out or play
Get married, get stone any old day

Ceasers, bishops, generals and kings
Are all over 40 and the've done their thing
They're power crazy dishonest and dump
They don't care a damn about the needy and young

Good kings all, we went to your schools
We learned all your golden rules
You oldies tried it and you got it wrong
So now you better listen to this song

Let the young govern the country
Let the old fight the wars
Let the young govern the country
Let the old fight the wars