The Young & The Old Lyrics - Madness

Whoa oh 

Whoa oh 

Staggering home everybody sings 

All the old songs the cockney routines 

All the old women, all the young men 

Try changing places then back again 

Old man in the morning 

Young man at night 

Breakfast full of wisdom 

Until you hit the lights 

Knock back the drinks, hitch up your skirt 

Fall over backwards, undo your shirt 

Everyone shouting, "What a terrible state" 

Age creeping backwards as it gets late 

Old man in the morning 

Young man at night 

Breakfast full of wisdom 

Until you hit the lights 

Have a quick short, forget about work 

Have a couple more and you go berserk 

Who cares about this morning, wise old man 

The wisdom comes up later and goes down the pan 

Old man in the morning 

Young man at night 

Breakfast full of wisdom 

Until you hit the lights 

Then another round, forget whose turn 

Waking up to feel your stomach churn 

Who's in the chair and who's on the floor 

Incoherants knocking on that door 

Old man in the morning 

Young man at night 

Breakfast full of wisdom 

Until you hit the lights, hit the lights