As I read the morning papers,
I look the want adds through,
I thought that I might try to find

Some honest work to do,
I think that I have never judged
The workin' life for me

But young men wanted for the job,
Is all that I could see.


Young men wanted, is all you hear today,
Young men wanted, the old man cast away,
I pray the Lord to help me,

In weariness to find
The missing link that lies
Between forty and sixty five.


[Yodel]


I may get the old age pension
If I'm sixty five,
But I've so many years to go,

How can I stay alive
Oh, when you reach the middle age,
Your useful days are through,

With young men taking all the jobs,
There's nothing left to do.


Young men wanted, is all you hear today,
Young men wanted, the old man cast away,
I pray the Lord to help me,

In weariness to find
The missing link that lies
Between forty and sixty five.


[Yodel]


When this dreary life is ended,
And I am laid to rest,
My weary soul will take it like

The man that God will bless
Saint Peter's hand will welcome me
The law that I have died

And I won't have to wait outside
Until I'm sixty five


Young men wanted, is all you hear today,
Young men wanted, the old man cast away,
I pray the Lord to help me,

In weariness to find
The missing link that lies
Between forty and sixty five.