It can get you to go higher Higher than you ever thought you'd go Wheel you in a spiral On a journey to the great unknown Where nature and her forces Constitute the only truth I love it most of all The wisdom of youth It can spur you on to greatness To triumph over ever-nagging fears To overcome all obstacles The vision of your destination clear And it lets you choose the reckless And oftentimes the most dangerous route I love it most of all The wisdom of youth I wish I had it back again The urge to sip from every mountain stream When every season promises A host of golden, open-ended dreams And every morning's joyful With the prospect of the days and nights to come I love it most of all The wisdom of the young O beautiful innocence O wisdom of youth Will you walk with me a while Down laneways walled with summer fruits And in the silence of the evening We'll look west, at the last light of the sun (Fading away) I love it most of all The wisdom of the young It's the gods' honest truth You can't bate the youth It's the gods' honest truth