Writers: Leo Sayer & Alan Tarney

it's a secret and he tells no one 
but his heart leaps like a beating drum 
that's how it feels when you're young and in love 

she's the reason he smiles all day 
like a bird sings in a gilded cage 
that's how it feels when you're young and in love 

they promise to be faithful and true 
but young love needs no excuse 
like the future it never ends 
young hearts never pretend 
that's when you know it's for real 
that's how it feels when you're young and in love 
that's how it feels when you're young and in love 

four in the morning she creeps down the stair 
runs to the rendevous will he be there 
a hand on her shoulder she sighs 
and the fear is over now 
it's over now 

in the moonlight there's a boy and girl 
they're the only people in the world 
that's how it feels when you're young and in love 

but can't you just remember back in time 
when the whole world was yours and mine 
maybe a lifetime between then and now 
the feeling we shared was for real 
that's how it feels when you're young and in love 
that's how it feels when you're young and in love