[Verse 1]
The youth are voting with their feet
Such a shame that the dance-beat gets so complicated
Pretty, pretty it seems...
On second glance, the look is overrated
In the hot-house there's a magic potion
Timeless motion...

[Refrain]
Now and again now lasts forever
Jeunesse d'orée gilding the lily of pleasure

[Verse 2]
Oh, the youth are voting with their clothes
Such a shame that the hip pose is so calculated
Round and round it goes:
How careless the rapture that's overrated
In the picture lost devotion
Waveless ocean

[Refrain]
Time and again style goes out of fashion;
Jeunesse d'orée taking the heat out of passion

[Break]
[Bridge]
Look at the kid with the golden touch
Check out the stony expression;
Look at the man with the golden arm
And the sensational lesson
Follow-my-leader's a game we can play
Till we swallow the tail without thinking:
Catch the hook, toe the line
Never mind that we're sinking!

[Break]

[Verse 3]
The youth are voting themselves in...
But the wheel takes a fresh spin and they find tomorrow
Gaudy garments (Gaudy garments, gaudy garments)
Gaudy garments worn thin
All at best rent and the worst are borrowed
And the worst are borrowed
Closing orders, fading nation
Dissipation...

[Refrain]
Time and again, time's unforgiving;
Jeunesse d'orée gilding the lily of living
(Now and again now lasts) forever;
Jeunesse d'orée gilding the lily of pleasure
[Outro]
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