young love won t you come and sit real close to me for the first time i ve got you by my side darling don t you know that you ve got the shaky knees gotta roll the windows down inside your mind and love was the shape we made and love was the breath we drew and youth was in our blood and baby we were young and baby we were young nineteen and twenty three with just four years between we fell in love on a tuesday in july you re daddy lives so far away down in memphis tennessee there s a good chance that you re gonna be my wife that s right and love was the shape we made and love was the breath we drew and youth was in our blood and baby we were young and baby we were young and love was the shape we made and love was the breath we drew and youth was in our blood and baby we were young and baby we were young and love was the name we gave but love is a shaky thing and you re not the one to blame cause baby we were young baby we were young baby we were young baby we were young baby we were young baby we were young baby we were young baby we were young baby we were young baby we were young baby we were young and now baby we were young baby we were young no no no baby we were young