I was looking in the mirror last night My grey hair turned to black I was looking in the mirror last night And pleasant memories came back I remember the time when I was seventeen And all the things that I wanted to do The world was new The world is for the young C'mon, we're on our way Its a wonderful place But when we done what we're going to do Then we'll have changed it's face Searching through some papers one day A sweet scent filled the air It came from the letter I found And a lock of dark hair It belonged to a girl who was in love with me And she written that without me, she'd die I wonder why? Looking through an album last night I came acrossed a snap That showed a handsome youth With a girl sitting on his lap "Valentino?" I thought, with his sleeked black hair And Mary Pigford was on his knee But it was me! The world is for the young But they'll soon find out When they come to explore The strange new lands of expirience But we've been there before Trying to recapture the past Only makes me regret The passing of an age and all the people that I've met A ride on a tram on the upper deck With a boy with a Fairbanks moustache We were so rash The world is for the young It was always so It's not ours anymore But, they'll find out when they follow us 'cause we've been there before