Said, "It looks to me like they've all gone wild
"What is truth?"
Kids sure play funny music these days
"What is truth"
And I solemnly swear that it'll be their way
And the lonely voice of youth cries
The little boy of three says, "Daddy, why?"
Are gonna be the leaders in a little while
Repeat after me, I solemnly swear"
You better help the voice of youth find
Being taught the golden rule
Well, man, could it be that the girls and boys
Looks up and says, "Daddy, what is war?"
It may be his turn to lay his life down
This old world's wakin' to a new born day
"What is truth?"
Nobody seems to hear anymore
The young man speaking in the city square
And it didn't really matter if the truth was there
It was peaceful back when I was a child
"What is truth?"
"What is truth?"
The old man turned off the radio
A young man of seventeen in Sunday school
And the lonely voice of youth cries
Songwriter: John R Cash
Are trying to be heard above your noise?"
Is trying to tell somebody that he cares
The man looked down at his long hair
And although the young man solemnly swore
The man with the book says, "Raise your hand
Publisher: SONG OF CASH INC
It was the cut of his clothes and the length of his hair
And by the time another year has gone around
A little boy of three sittin' on the floor
They play it in the strangest ways"
Yeah, the ones that you're calling wild
Has found new ways to move her feet
And the lonely voice of youth cries
Said, "Where did all of the old songs go
A young man sittin' on the witness stand
"Son, that's when people fight and die"
The young girl dancing to the latest beat
Can you blame the voice of youth for asking