What Is Truth Lyrics - Life Unheard - Johnny Cash

The old man turned off the radio 

Said, "Where did all of the old songs go 

Kids sure play funny music these days 

They play it in the strangest ways" 

Said, "it looks to me like they've all gone wild 

It was peaceful back when I was a child" 

Well, man, could it be that the girls and boys 

Are trying to be heard above your noise? 

And the lonely voice of youth cries "What is truth?" 

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A little boy of three sittin' on the floor 

Looks up and says, "Daddy, what is war?" 

"son, that's when people fight and die" 

The little boy of three says "Daddy, why?" 

A young man of seventeen in Sunday school 

Being taught the golden rule 

And by the time another year has gone around 

It may be his turn to lay his life down 

Can you blame the voice of youth for asking 

"What is truth?" 

A young man sittin' on the witness stand 

The man with the book says "Raise your hand" 

"Repeat after me, I solemnly swear" 

The man looked down at his long hair 

And although the young man solemnly swore 

Nobody seems to hear anymore 

And it didn't really matter if the truth was there 

It was the cut of his clothes and the length of his hair 

And the lonely voice of youth cries 

"What is truth?" 

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The young girl dancing to the latest beat 

Has found new ways to move her feet 

The young man speaking in the city square 

Is trying to tell somebody that he cares 

Yeah, the ones that you're calling wild 

Are going to be the leaders in a little while 

This old world's wakin' to a new born day 

And I solemnly swear that it'll be their way 

You better help the voice of youth find 

"What is truth?"