Lyrics

[Verse 1] You can teeter on the brink of a precipice Ov'r an infinitely deep abyss And somehow not even notice this When you're young and in love You can grow a little older every day Watch your stupid life wasting away Somehow everything is a-ok When you're young and in love [Bridge] But when you're not The poisoned fangs of time Become quite plain When you're not It almost seems a crime Not to go insane [Verse 2] You can whirl and twirl on the world's carousel Hurdle round and round and feel quite well Never even knowing you're in hell When you're young and in love You can know the world has nothing left to give Be condemned to die, content to live And be happy if and only if You're young and in love [Bridge] But when you're not The poisoned fangs of time Become quite plain When you're not It almost seems a crime Not to go insane [Verse 3] You can teeter on the brink of a precipice (a precipice) Ov'r an infinitely deep abyss (a deep abyss) And somehow not even notice this When you're young and in love You can grow a little older every day (old, every day) Watch your stupid life wasting away (wasting away) Somehow everything is a-ok When you're young and in love