Old but gold, merupakan sebutan yang pantas untuk lirik lagu Village people – Y.M.C.A kelahiran tahun 1978 ini, meski sudah terbilang lawas dan ketinggalan zaman, siapa yang menyangka bahwa masih ada banyak orang yang mengidolakan penyanyi lagu Y.M.C.A ini.
Kelompok disco yang dibentuk pada tahun 70an sangat dikenal dengan kostumnya yang unik dan nyeleneh, jika para penyanyi biasanya menggunakan pakaian yang glamour dan mewah, berbeda dengan grup music asal Amerika ini, dimana personilnya mengenakan kostum orang Indian, Polisi, koboi, tukang bangunan, biker, dan tentara.
Selama masa karirnya Village People telah berhasil menjual sekitar 85 juta keping dari lagu – lagunya.
Berikut adalah lirik lagu Village People – Y.M.C.A :
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 YMCA
It’s fun to stay at the YMCA
They have everything for you men to enjoy
You can hang out with all the boys
It’s fun to stay at the YMCA
It’s fun to stay at the YMCA
You can get yourself clean, you can have a good meal
You can do what ever 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 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 YMCA
I’m sure they can help you today
It’s fun to stay at the YMCA
It’s fun to stay at the YMCA
They have everything for you men to enjoy
You can hang out with all the boys
It’s fun to stay at the YMCA
It’s fun to stay at the YMCA
You can get yourself clean, you can have a good meal
You can do what ever 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 were alive
I felt the whole world was so tight
That’s when someone came up to me
And said, young man, take a walk up the street
There’s a place there called the YMCA
They can start you back on your way
It’s fun to stay at the YMCA
It’s fun to stay at the YMCA
They have everything for you men to enjoy
You can hang out with all the boys
YMCA, it’s fun to stay at the YMCA
Young man, young man, there’s no need to feel down
Young man, young man, pick yourself off the ground
YMCA, it’s fun to stay at the YMCA
Young man, young man, are you listening to me
Young man, young man, what do you wanna be?
YMCA, you’ll find it at the YMCA
No man, young man, does it all by himself
Young man, young man, put your pride on the shelf
YMCA, and just go to the YMCA
Young man, young man I was once in your shoes
Young man, young man I was down with the blues, YMCA
Diatas adalah lirik lagu yang sungguh fenomenal asal Amerika, sekiranya dengan dihadirkannya lirik lagu lawas seperti ini, kita dapat bernostalgia kembali ke zaman yang pernah kita lalui sebelumnya.