Mama cries Son, don't leave town   Find a girl and settle down   Well I hate to break her heart   But that's not in the cards while I'm a young man.      She says I could find a job   In the fields or on the docks   But I've always had a dream   To see all I can see while I'm a young man.      Chorus:   When I'm just an old man on a front porch in a chair   Rocking with the memories from my past   The lines you see on my face should tell a tale of no regrets   I want to look forward to looking back on the race I ran   When I was a young man.      I want to see those seven seas   Climb the highest mountain peak   Make it my career   To make the most of every year while I'm a young man.      Daddy says young man   I know you have to stand on your own you can't sit at home   He says I understand, once I had big plans like you   I was a young man too.      Chorus:   When I'm just an old man on a front porch in a chair   Rocking with the memories from my past   The lines you see on my face should tell a tale of no regrets   I want to look forward to looking back on the race I ran   When I was a young man.      Mama please understand   I'm just a young man.   I'm just a young man...