Featured Unknown/Underrated Song: "Enter The Young" by the Association

We created this category to showcase songs that for one reason or another, were not hits and may not be familiar to you.  Many were not released, many lacked proper promotion by the record company, many faced stiff competition at the time they were out, and many were simply ignored by radio.  Whatever the reason, we believe they should have made the Top 10, and we showcase them approximately one per week.  It's a growing list, and you can access the complete collection at any time by clicking on the link at the top of the website.

This group is certainly no stranger to the Top 10; in fact they own three of The Top 500 Songs of the Rock Era*.  But this one slipped through the cracks, a statement about the hopes and dreams of a generation and what they could accomplish.

"Enter The Young"

Association

Words and Music by Terry Kirkman

Here they come 
Here they come 
Here they come, yeah 
Some are walking, some are riding 
Here they come, yeah 
And some are flying, some just gliding 
Released after years of being kept in hiding 
They're climbing up the ladder rung by rung 

Enter the young, yeah 
Yeah, they've learned how to think 
Enter the young, yeah 
More than you think they think 
Not only learned to think, but to care 
Not only learned to think, but to dare 
Enter the young 

Yeah, here they come some with questions, some decisions 
Here they come And some with facts and some with visions 
Of a place to multiply without the use of divisions 
To win a prize that no one's ever won 

Enter the young, yeah 
Yeah, they've learned how to think 
Enter the young, yeah 
More than you think they think 
Not only learned to think, but to care 
Not only learned to think, but to dare 
Enter the young 

Here they come, yeah 
Some are laughing, some are crying 
Here they come 
And some are doing, some are trying 
Some are selling, some are buying 
Some are living, some are dying 
But demanding recognition one by one 

Enter the young, yeah 
Yeah, they've learned how to think 
Enter the young, yeah 
More than you think they think 
Not only learned to think, but to care 
Not only learned to think, but to dare 
Enter the young