[00:09.68]The old man turned off the radio
[00:12.35]Said, "Where did all of the old songs go
[00:15.49]Kids sure play funny music these days
[00:18.47]They play it in the strangest ways"
[00:21.25]Said, "it looks to me like they've all gone wild
[00:24.00]It was peaceful back when I was a child"
[00:26.67]Well, man, could it be that the girls and boys
[00:29.02]Are trying to be heard above your noise?
[00:31.88]And the lonely voice of youth cries "What is truth?"
[00:35.00]"What is truth?"
[00:40.69]A little boy of three sittin' on the floor
[00:43.22]Looks up and says, "Daddy, what is war?"
[00:45.65]"son, that's when people fight and die"
[00:48.69]The little boy of three says "Daddy, why?"
[00:51.55]A young man of seventeen in Sunday school
[00:54.40]Being taught the golden rule
[00:56.85]And by the time another year has gone around
[00:59.44]It may be his turn to lay his life down
[01:02.68]Can you blame the voice of youth for asking
[01:06.18]"What is truth?"
[01:17.58]A young man sittin' on the witness stand
[01:20.97]The man with the book says "Raise your hand"
[01:24.32]"Repeat after me, I solemnly swear"
[01:26.85]The man looked down at his long hair
[01:29.43]And although the young man solemnly swore
[01:32.03]Nobody seems to hear anymore
[01:34.84]And it didn't really matter if the truth was there
[01:37.35]It was the cut of his clothes and the length of his hair
[01:40.26]And the lonely voice of youth cries
[01:44.00]"What is truth?"
[01:53.95]The young girl dancing to the latest beat
[01:56.96]Has found new ways to move her feet
[01:59.65]The young man speaking in the city square
[02:02.37]Is trying to tell somebody that he cares
[02:05.11]Yeah, the ones that you're calling wild
[02:08.02]Are going to be the leaders in a little while
[02:10.46]This old world's wakin' to a new born day
[02:13.25]And I solemnly swear that it'll be their way
[02:18.46]You better help the voice of youth find
[02:21.94]"What is truth?"