Second Language's 'Youth Is Not For Pleasure' album recorded in 1985 on CD in a new Deluxe Limited Edition of 100. Comes with 16-page booklet containing photos, credits, liner notes and the lyrics to all the songs.
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Toni Zeto: Lead Vocals, Shaker, Bells, Face Percussion
Jerome Faulkner: Keyboards, Vocal, Clicker, Flute, Sheet Metal, Face Percussion
Jesse Jacobson: Bass, Vocal, Acoustic Guitar, Bongos, Metal, Face Percussion
Jarrett Lesko: Keyboard, Cowbells, Vocal, Face Percussion
Brian Bielski: Drums, Sheet Metal, Vocal
lyrics
Youth Is Not For Pleasure…(But To Be Brave)
Youth is not for pleasure…but to be brave
Youth is not for pleasure…but to be brave
This never ending infatuation
This morbid saint
This indoctrinated angel
Clips her wings in haste
Like memories divided
By syncopated thirst
Ashes on the water
Books thrown into the fire
Visions far beyond our grasp to threaten and inspire
It’s an illusion
It’s an illusion…it’s an illusion
Youth is not for pleasure…but to be brave
Youth is not for pleasure…but to be brave
Hoisted up to serve my time
Flapping in the wind
Trapped between the innocence
And wanting still to win, it’s an illusion
It’s an illusion, grounded in the air
It’s an illusion, interpretative stares
It’s an illusion, three-dimensional recluse
Another captive beast
dreams of getting loose
Wake up! Wake up!
You’ve got to set her free
Wake up! Wake up!
Or they’ll be closing the cage on me
Ohhhhhh
Youth is not for pleasure…but to be brave
Youth!
Youth is not for pleasure…but to be brave
Youth!
Youth is not for pleasure …but to be brave
...but to be brave
Youth is not for pleasure…but to be brave
...but to be brave
Melody and Lyrics: Toni Zeto 5/12/1984
Music: Jerome Faulkner-Jessie Jacobson-Brian Bielski 4/15/83 + 6/4/83
credits
from Youth Is Not For Pleasure,
released November 16, 2023
Produced by Second Language with Earle Mankey.
Engineered by Earle Mankey.
Mixed by Earle Mankey & Second Language.
Recorded at Shock The Mankey Studios, March-June, 1985.
Second Language (1981-present) is an alternative rock band from Los Angeles. They will be releasing 7 albums of vintage and new material throughout 2024 on GO2L Records with Atmos/stereo singles releases on Alternator Records (mixed by Michael James).
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