It's fun to stay at the YMCA They have everything for you men to enjoy You can do what about you feel You can hang out with all the boys Young man, there's no need to feel down I said, young man, pick yourself off the ground I said, young man, 'cause

Threw out a wish on a long piece of string Kept it in my hand 'til I reached the ground Felt a gentle tug and then pulled it in Climbed up, brought it down on Ascension day Felt a gentle tug and then pulled it in, pulled it in Ascension day In the shadow

Rise, nations pride Hold what's yours Fight, hold your ground Reinforce the line Strike 'em were it hurts Rise of nations pride Russians on a route to ruin Kremlin is more then certain to win Sent away an army to the west

I've cried the tears So bring me home My tears flow like a child's in need of love The ground is full of broken stones The last leaf has fallen I have nowhere to turn now Nor east nor west North or south And all that's ahead of me

Flying high in the friendly sky Flying high without ever leavin' the ground, no Rest of the folks are tired and weary Oh Lord, and have laid their bodies down. I go the place where danger awaits me And it's bound to forsake me. So stupid minded. I can't

And I never thought, not in a million years That I'd meet so many lovers So when you gaze at planet earth from outer space Does it wipe that stupid look off of your face? I saw this aura over the battleground states I lost the money, lost the keys But

Tear our t-shirts in the cotton patch behind the barn Tear up some turnip greens on some river bottom ground Or find some muscadines up on a hill Let’s get tangled in the tassels of some ten foot corn Get lost out in the rye grass lay a blanket in the

Just a mile outside of town All along the floodline The hills roll out like centuries Pass by without a sound Oh country down Where I found my proving ground Wheels are turning around Down river bound Where the lemon tea sky fell down

You don’t wanna, you don’t wanna know Something in you wants to blow Been out in the wild Been out in the night Been out of your mind Do you live here or is this a vacation You’re on a piece of ground above a volcano You were alone

Ring them bells, ring them loud Let them ring here and now Just reach out and ring the bells of freedom Stand your ground And ring the bells of freedom Like you've lost every round I have walked all alone On these streets I call home Streets of hope,