Si La Jeunesse.............

I am old and free since I will soon be dead
What e'er I do to me it's all the same
But you are young with all your world ahead
And for you it's the beginning of the game

So you should think quite hard before you leap
To matters which with complications rife
Have consequences then that you will reap
And stay with you throughout your live long life

Soon my destiny I'll meet amongst the stars
And these things to me will be of no concern
So I wish you'd listen whilst I'm still here to preach
Though Cassandra like, I fear you'll never learn