Young man there's no need to feel down
I said young man
Pick yourself off the ground
I said young man
Cause you're in a new town
There's no need to be unhappy
Young man there's a place you can go
I said young man
When you're shoes on your door
You can stay there and I'm sure you will find
Many ways to have a good time
It's fun to stay at the y m c a
It's fun to stay at the y m c a
They have everything for young men to enjoy
You can hang out with all the boys
It's fun to stay at the y m c a
It's fun to stay at the y m c a
You can get yourself clean
You can have a good meal
You can do whatever you feel
Young man are you listening to me
I said young man
What do you want to be
I said young man
You can make real your dreams
But you got to know this one thing
No man does it all by himself
I said young man
Put your pride on the shelf
And just go there to the y m c a
I'm sure they can help you today
It's fun to stay at the y m c a
It's fun to stay at the y m c a
They have everything for young men to enjoy
You can hang out with all the boys
It's fun to stay
At the y m c a
It's fun to stay at the y m c a
You can get yourself clean
You can have a good meal
You can do whatever you feel
Young man I was once in your shoes
I said I was down and out with the blues
I felt no man cared if I were alive
I felt the whole world was through jive
That's when someone came up to me and said
Young man take a walk up the street
It's a place there called the y m c a
They can start you back on your way
It's fun to stay
At the y m c a
It's fun to stay
At the y m c a
They have everything for young men to enjoy
You can hang out with all the boys
It's fun to stay
At the y m c a
It's fun to stay at the y m c a
Young man young man
There's no need to feel down
Young man young man
Put yourself off the ground
Y m c a and just go to the y m c a
Young man young man
I was once in your shoes
Young man young man
I was down with the blues