When You're Young Lyrics - Jimmy Cliff

Be wise, be free when you're young 

When you're young 

Well, someone told me, not long ago now 

You're only young but for once 

It's the one time in a lifetime 

There is no second chance, second chance 

So when you're young 

Hold your head high and hold on to your dreams 

There's a world waiting out there 

Not always what it seems 

Be wise, be free when you're young 

When you're young 

It's said, you got your freedom to make your own rules 

Be nobody's footstool 

And you may try now to change the world too 

But don't let it change you, it can't change you 

So when you're young 

Hold your head high and hold on to your dreams 

There's a world waiting out there 

Not always what it seems 

When you're young 

When you're young 

You see that many a people in my time of mend 

Telling tales of regret 

Step aside Grandma, step aside Grandpa 

There are somethings I must get, I must get 

When you're young 

Hold your head high and hold on to your dreams 

There's a world waiting out there 

Not always what it seems 

When you're young 

When you're young 

You know it's the right time 

You know it's the right time 

Said, I know 

(When you're young) 

Said, I know 

(When you're young) 

When you're young 

When you're young