Yesterday When I Was Young

Yesterday

When I was young

The taste of life was sweet

As rain upon my tongue

I teased at life

As if it were

A foolish game

Way the evening breeze

May tease a candle flame

The thousand dreams I dreamed

The splendid things I planned

I always built you last

On weak and shifting sand

I lived by night and shunned

The naked light of day

And only now I see

How the years ran away

Yesterday when I was young

So many happy songs

Were waiting to be song

So many word pleasures

Lay in store for me

And so much pain my

Dazzled eyes refused to see

I ran so fist that time

And youth at last ran out

I never stopped to think

What life was all about

And every conversation

I can now recall

Concerned itself with me

And nothing else at all

Yesterday

The moon was blue

And every crazy day

Brought something new to do

I used my magic age

As if it were a want

And never saw the waste

And emptiness beyond

The game of love I played

The arrogance and pride

And every flame I lit

Too quickly quickly died

My friends I made all seemed

Somehow the drift away

And only I am left

On stage to end the play

There are so many songs

In me that won't be sung

I feel the bitter taste

Of tears upon my tongue

The time has come for me

To pay for yesterday

When I

Was young

[00:08.866]Yesterday

[00:11.122]When I was young

[00:13.586]The taste of life was sweet

[00:15.881]As rain upon my tongue

[00:18.178]I teased at life

[00:20.347]As if it were

[00:21.118]A foolish game

[00:22.706]Way the evening breeze

[00:24.892]May tease a candle flame

[00:27.337]The thousand dreams I dreamed

[00:29.766]The splendid things I planned

[00:32.83]I always built you last

[00:34.253]On weak and shifting sand

[00:36.601]I lived by night and shunned

[00:39.187]The naked light of day

[00:41.162]And only now I see

[00:43.429]How the years ran away

[00:46.125]Yesterday when I was young

[00:50.211]So many happy songs

[00:52.654]Were waiting to be song

[00:54.969]So many word pleasures

[00:57.373]Lay in store for me

[00:59.572]And so much pain my

[01:01.432]Dazzled eyes refused to see

[01:03.966]I ran so fist that time

[01:06.335]And youth at last ran out

[01:08.362]I never stopped to think

[01:10.706]What life was all about

[01:13.157]And every conversation

[01:15.667]I can now recall

[01:17.765]Concerned itself with me

[01:20.31]And nothing else at all

[01:22.743]Yesterday

[01:24.751]The moon was blue

[01:26.968]And every crazy day

[01:29.237]Brought something new to do

[01:31.531]I used my magic age

[01:33.806]As if it were a want

[01:36.101]And never saw the waste

[01:38.326]And emptiness beyond

[01:40.723]The game of love I played

[01:43.124]The arrogance and pride

[01:45.242]And every flame I lit

[01:47.542]Too quickly quickly died

[01:49.677]My friends I made all seemed

[01:52.33]Somehow the drift away

[01:54.284]And only I am left

[01:56.430]On stage to end the play

[01:58.731]There are so many songs

[02:01.79]In me that won't be sung

[02:03.157]I feel the bitter taste

[02:05.465]Of tears upon my tongue

[02:07.923]The time has come for me

[02:10.107]To pay for yesterday

[02:13.614]When I

[02:15.567]Was young