Celebrate youth (video)

Am - G - Am - G (2x)

Am G Am G

1. I can see the older man, looking at the younger man,

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I can see the younger man, looking at the boy.

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I can see the older woman, looking at the younger woman,

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I can see the younger woman, looking at the girl.

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‘Cause every man sees in the younger man the hope,

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and every woman sees in the younger girl the dream.

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Everybody lives the pride and passion of the young,

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from the womb to the tomb we will remember what it means.

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To celebrate youth, celebrate, those who have it, young ones,

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celebrate youth, celebrate, give them sight !

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The future of the world, celebrate, hands of children, young ones,

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so celebrate youth, celebrate, teach them right.

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+ Looking in a child’s eye, there’s no hate and there’s no lie,

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there’s no black and there’s no white. + Am - G - Am - G

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2. I can see the older man, and sometimes in the older man,

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I still see the young boy burning in his eye.

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Locked up here inside our spirit, is the child that we are, hear it,

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some of us will always fear it and some will heed the cry.

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But everyone sees in the younger one the hope,

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and everybody sees in the younger one the dream.

Am G Am G

Everybody lives the pride and passion of the young,

Am G Am G

from the womb to the tomb we will remember what it means.

Am G

To celebrate youth, celebrate, those who have it, young ones,

Am G

celebrate youth, celebrate, give them sight !

Am G

The future of the world, celebrate, hands of children, young ones,

Am G

so celebrate youth, celebrate, teach them right.

Am G Am

+ Looking in a child’s face, there’s no pride and no disgrace,

Am G Am

there’s no struggle, there’s no fight. + Am - G - Am - G (4x)

Am G Am G

3. Everyone sees in the younger one the hope,

Am G Am G

and everybody sees in the younger one the dream.

Am G Am G

Everybody lives the pride and passion of the young,

Am G Am G

from the womb to the tomb we will remember what it means.

Am G G Am

Looking in a child’s eyes, there’s no hate and there’s no lie,

Am G Am

there’s no black and there’s no white. + CHORUS (2x)

Am G Am,

+ Looking in a child’s eyes, there’s no hate and there’s no fight,

Am G Am

there’s no black and there’s no white.

(orig. = capo 3rd) (Rick Springfield)