when i was young

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 had a bad yen

and i had quite a ball

when i was young

when i was young

it was more important

pain more pain

but i laughed a 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

when i was young

it was more important

pain more painful

laughed a much louder

yeah

when i was young

when i was young

my faith was so much stronger then

i believed in fellow man

and i was so much older then

when i was young

when i was young

when i was young

when i was young

when i was young