medley: when i was young / war child

the rooms were so much colder then

my father was a soldier then

and times were very hard

when i was young

when i was young

i smoked my first cigarette at ten

and for girls

i hall

when i was young

when i was young it was more important

pain more painful

the laughter much louder

yeah

when i was young

when i was young

i met my first love at thirteen

she was brown

and i was pretty green

and i learned quite a lot

when i was young

when i was young

when i was young it was more important

pain more painful

laughter much louder

yeah

when i was young

when i was young

my faith was so much stronger then

i believed in fellow men

and i was so much older then

when i was young