Young man, there's no need to feel down   I said, "Young man, pick yourself off the ground"   I said, "Young man, 'cause you're in a new town"   There's no need to be unhappy      Young man, there's a place you can go   I said, "Young man, when you're short on your dough"   You can stay there, and I'm sure you will find   Many ways to have a good time      It's fun to stay at the Y.M.C.A.   It's fun to stay at the Y.M.C.A.   They have everything for you men to enjoy   You can hang out with all the boys      It's fun to stay at the Y.M.C.A.   It's fun to stay at the Y.M.C.A.   You can get yourself clean, you can have a good meal   You can do what about you feel      Young man, are you listening to me?   I said, "Young man, what do you want to be?"   I said, "Young man, you can make real your dreams   But you got to know this one thing"      No man does it all by himself   I said, "Young man, put your pride on the shelf   And just go there, to the Y.M.C.A."   I'm sure they can help you today      It's fun to stay at the Y.M.C.A.   It's fun to stay at the Y.M.C.A.   They have everything for you men to enjoy   You can hang out with all the boys      Y.M.C.A.   It's fun to stay at the Y.M.C.A.   You can get yourself clean, you can have a good meal   You can do what about you feel      Young man, I was once in your shoes   I said, "I was down and out with the blues"   I felt no man cared if I were alive   I felt the whole world was so tight      That's when someone came up to me   And said, "Young man, take a walk up the street"   There's a place there called the Y.M.C.A.   They can start you back on your way      It's fun to stay at the Y.M.C.A.   It's fun to stay at the Y.M.C.A.   They have everything for you men to enjoy   You can hang out with all the boys      Y.M.C.A.   It's fun to stay at the Y.M.C.A.   Young man, young man, there's no need to feel down   Young man, young man, get yourself off the ground      Y.M.C.A.   Just go to the Y.M.C.A.   Young man, young man, I was pulling it down   Young man      It's fun to stay at the Y.M.C.A.   It's fun to stay at the Y.M.C.A.   They have everything for you men to enjoy   You can hang out with all the boys