It hit me one day like a ton of lead
These things you soon find out
You're only young once, and a long time dead
These things you soon find out
I saw this guy getting vertigo
At the top of his feet where the blood don't flow
Ready to rock at the drop of a hat
You never get back a feeling like that
But it's all gone now
Yes it's all gone now
Oh to be young free and single
With a gipsy in your soul
To be young free and single
Ready to roll
To be young free and single
To be young free and single
To be young free and single
Ready to roll
Up ahead is the church routine
These things you soon find out
Acres of grass growing under your feet
These things you soon find out
Gone'll be the days of travelling light
Doing what you feel from morning till night
Ready to rock at the drop of a hat
You never get back a feeling like that
But it'll soon be gone
Soon be gone
Oh to be young free and single
With a gipsy in your soul
To be young free and single
Ready to roll
To be young free and single
To be young free and single
To be young free and single
Ready to roll
Oh to be young
To be young
To be free
To be single
Oh to be young free and single
With a gipsy in your soul
To be young free and single
Ready to roll
To be young free and single
To be young free and single
To be young free and single
Ready to roll