YOUNG AT HEART
Words by Carolyn Leigh
A Mickey McBride Arrangement
Refrain
FAIRY TALES CAN COME TRUE, IT AN HAPPEN TO YOU,
IF YOU’RE YOUNG AT HEART,
FOR IT’S HARD YOU WILL FIND TO BE NARROW OF MIND,
IF YOU’RE YOUNG AT HEART,
YOU CAN GO TO EXTREMES WITH IMPOSSIBLE SCHEMES,
YOU CAN LAUGH WHEN YOUR DREAMS FALL APART AT THE SEAMS,
AND LIFE GETS MORE EXCITING WITH EACH PASSING DAY,
AND LOVE IS EITHER IN YOUR HEART OR ON IT’S WAY,
DON’T YOU KNOW THAT IT’S WORTH EV’RY TREASURE ON EARTH
TO BE YOUNG AT HEART,
FOR AS RICH AS YOU ARE, IT’S MUCH BETTER BY FAR,
TO BE YOUNG AT HEART,
AND, IF YOU SHOULD SURVIVE TO A HUNDRED AND FIVE,
LOOK AT ALL YOU’LL DERIVE OUT OF BEING ALIVE,
AND HERE IS THE BEST PART, YOU HAVE A HEAD START,
IF YOU ARE AMONG THE VERY YOUNG AT HEART.
(Repeat Entire Refrain)
Music by Johnny Richards

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