Intro;

I heard you nearly lost your life
The news cut me like a knife
I heard you didn't have long to live
But then there was so much more for you to give

I was concieved in “71”
To a woman with a heart of gold I call my mum
And to a boy growin up without a dad
Your music was one of the few things that I had

Chorus;

When I was young
I wished I was Young x 2
I wished I was Young

Break; Harmonica

Old man you'll never fade away
Somewhere in the world Neil Young is played every day
I wanted to thank you before you're gone
So I wrote my thank you down in this song

I know how you felt that day
Listening to Ian Tyson play
Just a lonely boy tryin to make it pay
A simple southern man my my hey hey

Chorus; x 2

Outro;