Oh well a young man ain't got nothing in the world these days I said a young man ain't got nothing in the world these days Well you know in the old days when a young man was a strong man All the people they stepped back when a young man walked by But you know nowadays it's the old man who's got all the money And the young man ain't got nothing in the world these days I say they got nothing, nothing Everybody everybody Everybody knows Everybody knows In the old days everybody stepped back When a young man walked, walked by They stepped back They stepped back They stepped back Nothing has got a young man They ain't got nothing in the world these days I say they got sweet That's all