I was on the treadmill one day at the gym, listening to some new songs from a local band. They were a very young group of young men singing about unrequited love and various things that very young men think are important. I found myself feeling really really cynical, lambasting their young naivety. Then I thought… what a terrible thing to think! Naivety is the most beautiful thing about youth. Unscarred from the slings and arrows of life, they are so clueless but in a way I am jealous of that more pure state.
Chords And Lyrics
No capo
A Em G Cadd9
A Em
Hey young one, You’re too young to see
G
Go get your heart broken, Get your innocence stolen
Cadd9
then get back to me
A Em
Hey young one, A life without pain
G
Is a life without gain, A life without fame
Cadd9
A life without shame
———
A Em
When they say your not old enough
G Cadd9
They mean you ain’t cold enough
A Em
But naivety it seems to me
G A
such a splendid splendid thing to be
A Em
Hey young one
G A
beautiful naivety
A Em
Hey young one
G A
beautiful naivety
A Em G Cadd9
A Em
Hey young one, You think they know
G
But there’s pain in their hearts, They can’t even start
Cadd9
To see what you’re capable of
——–
BREAK
A Em
Hey young one
G
yeah you don’t know
A
but neither do they
G
yeah you don’t know
A
but neither do they
———
A Em
When they say your not old enough
G Cadd9
They mean you ain’t cold enough
A Em
But naivety it seems to me
G A
such a splendid splendid thing to be
A Em
Hey young one
G A
beautiful naivety
A Em
Hey young one
G A
beautiful naivety
———
A Em G Cadd9
A Em
Hey young one, Don’t listen to me
G
Cause the pain that I’ve seen, the scars that run deep
Cadd9
Have twisted all that I see
A Em
Hey young one
G A
beautiful naivety
A Em
Hey young one
G A
beautiful naivety
A Em
oooooooooooh
G A
beautiful naivety
G (slow) A
beautiful naivety
