Jeunesse d’Orée

Lyrics

[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] ... Cut