When you're young,
young and alive,
when you're young and alive and in love,
you don't need whippoorwills to wed you,
you don't take vitamin pills,
they take you.
When you're young,
young and alive,
you're a lion who acts like a doe.
The world's a yo-yo
you hold on a string
when you're young and alive.
And although it's snowin',
it's constantly spring.
Honey flows
out of the hive.
People smile
when you arrive,
when you're young and alive and in love.
I picked up the Empire State the other day,
lifted it off its base and walked away.
Carousels that have not worked in years,
all of a sudden they're swingin' into gears.
The trap has sprung,
and I've been stung.
It only happens to happen
when you're young,
young and alive,
you're as high as the sky up above.
Each day turns into a Valentine's Day
when you're young
and alive.
You can get those pipers to pipe without pay
and they won't
need to take five
as you glide, glide, glide, glide to live
when you're young
and alive
and in love!