Young man, there's no need to feel down, I said

Young man, pick yourself off the ground, I said

Young man, 'cause you're in a new town

There's no need to be unhappy

Young man, there's a place you can go, I said

Young man, when you're short on your dough you can

Stay there and I'm sure you will find

Many ways to have a good time

It's fun to stay at the Y.M.C.A.

It's fun to stay at the Y.M.C.A.

They have everything for young men to enjoy

You can hang out with all the boys

It's fun to stay at the Y.M.C.A.

It's fun to stay at the Y.M.C.A.

You can get yourself clean, you can have a good meal

You can do whatever you feel

Young man, are you listening to me? I said

Young man, what do you want to be? I said

Young man, you can make real your dreams

But you've got to know this one thing

No man does it all by himself, I said

Young man, put your pride on the shelf

And just go there, to the Y.M.C.A.

I'm sure they can help you today

It's fun to stay at the Y.M.C.A.

It's fun to stay at the Y.M.C.A.

They have everything for young men to enjoy

You can hang out with all the boys

It's fun to stay at the Y.M.C.A.

It's fun to stay at the Y.M.C.A.

You can get yourself clean, you can have a good meal

You can do whatever you feel

Young man, I was once in your shoes, I said

I was down and out with the blues, I felt

No man cared if I was alive

I felt the whole world was so jive

That's when someone came up to me and said

"Young man, take a walk up the street

It's a place there called the Y.M.C.A.

They can start you back on your way"

It's fun to stay at the Y.M.C.A.

It's fun to stay at the Y.M.C.A.

They have everything for young men to enjoy

You can hang out with all the boys

Y.M.C.A.

It's fun to stay at the Y.M.C.A.

Young man, young man, there's no need to feel down

Young man, young man, get yourself off the ground