young man, there's no need to feel down.
(少年耶! 哩賣瞎難過)
I said, young man, pick yourself off the ground.
(挖共 少年耶 哩丟愛振作)
I said, young man, 'cause you're in a new town
there's no need to be unhappy.
(挖共 少年耶 因為哩來囉頭己雷所在
煾免操煩謀鬆快ㄟ代誌)

young man, there's a place you can go.
(少年耶 哩ㄟ賽起幾勒所在)
I said, young man, when you're short on your dough.
(挖共 少年耶 假使哩身無分文ㄟ時尊)
you can stay there, and I'm sure you will find
many ways to have a good time.
(哩ㄟ賽勞低瞎 挖相信哩ㄟ蕩摧丟任何享受時間低方法)


it's fun to stay at the y-m-c-a.
(勞抵"挖抹係耶"(YMCA)金趣味)
it's fun to stay at the y-m-c-a.
(勞抵"挖抹係耶"(YMCA)金趣味)

they have everything for you men to enjoy,
you can hang out with all the boys ...
(因ㄟ蕩武齁哩享受耶敏枷,哩嘛ㄟ蕩嘎些査缽因仔倒作夥)

it's fun to stay at the y-m-c-a.
(勞抵"挖抹係耶"(YMCA)金趣味)
it's fun to stay at the y-m-c-a.
(勞抵"挖抹係耶"(YMCA)金趣味)

you can get yourself cleaned, you can have a good meal,
you can do whatever you feel ...
(你ㄟ賽欽嘎厚,甲卡厚
愛壁啥密 丟壁啥)

young man, are you listening to me?
(少年耶 你甘無聽挖共某?)
I said, young man, what do you want to be?
(挖共 少年耶 哩想抹愛作瞎?)
I said, young man, you can make real your dreams.
(挖共 少年耶 哩幾罵也塞圓夢成真)
but you got to know this one thing!
(但屋幾駕代誌哩一定愛宰亞!)
no man does it all by himself.
(謀人ㄟ蕩嘎己刷廖任何代誌)
I said, young man, put your pride on the shelf,
(挖共 少年耶 哩嘎己愛武信心)

and just go there, to the y.m.c.a.
I'm sure they can help you today.
(咖緊起"挖抹係耶"(YMCA)叨對啦
挖相信因ㄟ賽幫助哩金最)

it's fun to stay at the y-m-c-a.
(勞抵"挖抹係耶"(YMCA)金趣味)
it's fun to stay at the y-m-c-a.
(勞抵"挖抹係耶"(YMCA)金趣味)

they have everything for you men to enjoy,
you can hang out with all the boys ...
(因ㄟ蕩武齁哩享受耶敏枷,哩嘛ㄟ蕩嘎些査缽因仔倒作夥)

it's fun to stay at the y-m-c-a.
(勞抵"挖抹係耶"(YMCA)金趣味)
it's fun to stay at the y-m-c-a.
(勞抵"挖抹係耶"(YMCA)金趣味)

you can get yourself cleaned, you can have a good meal,
you can do whatever you feel ...
(你ㄟ賽欽嘎厚,甲卡厚
愛壁啥密 丟壁啥)

young man, I was once in your shoes.
(挖共 少年耶 挖卡早嘛嘎哩港款)
I said, I was down and out with the blues.
(挖共啊 挖嘛武一段時間失意過)
I felt no man cared if I were alive.
(挖乾嘎 謀郎金價尬義挖ㄟ存在)
I felt the whole world was so tight ...
(挖乾嘎 遮世界瓏謀所在齁挖喘大氣)

that's when someone came up to me,
and said, young man, take a walk up the street.
(一ㄟ郎丟向挖幾度行來時
後丟共幾段委: * "小伙子 企街上走走吧")
there's a place there called the y.m.c.a.
they can start you back on your way.
(* 有個地方叫''基督教青年會''(YMCA)
他們可以讓尼重新開始~){*同上山東調}

it's fun to stay at the y-m-c-a.
(勞抵"挖抹係耶"(YMCA)金趣味)
it's fun to stay at the y-m-c-a.
(勞抵"挖抹係耶"(YMCA)金趣味)

they have everything for you men to enjoy,
you can hang out with all the boys ...
(因ㄟ蕩武齁哩享受耶敏枷,哩嘛ㄟ蕩嘎些査缽因仔倒作夥)

y-m-c-a ... you'll find it at the y-m-c-a.
("挖-抹-係-耶"...哩將ㄟ塞低"挖抹係耶"催丟蒐武一切)

young man, young man, there's no need to feel down.
(少年耶 少年耶 哩賣安捏勾在失意落魄啦~)
young man, young man, get yourself off the ground.
(少年耶 少年耶 哩好膽嘛愛嘎己行出來~)

y-m-c-a ... you'll find it at the y-m-c-a.
(挖-抹-係-耶...哩將ㄟ塞低"挖某係耶"催丟蒐武一切)

young man, young man, are you listening to me?
(少年耶 少年耶 你甘無聽挖共某?)

young man, young man, what do you wanna be?
(少年耶 少年耶 謀哩甘想抹轟瞎密?)