Sad Young Man - Strawbs

You look to me a sad young man

Down is where you’re going

You’ve blindly found an easy way

You think that it’s not showing

Is this what you want

Is this what you’re struggling to be

Brought your face to the ground

Won’t you ever see

You came down south from Birmingham

Tired of all the faces

A stranger to a strange new town

Unfamiliar places

You came down and you didn’t know why

And then you didn’t even try

Swept along by the crowd

Blown along like a cloud

Bridge

The heavy spell of dark and night

Your created isolation

This loneliness just need not be

You are your own creation

Though you may be down and out

Life need not be so heavy

For even though your dues are high

Should you become the levy

Chorus & Outro

Is this what you want

Is this what you’re struggling to be

Is this what you want

Is this what you’ve struggled to be

Is this what you want

Is this what you’re struggling to be

Is this what you want

Is this what you’ve struggled to be