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 g ame, The way the evening breeze may tease a candle fl ame. The thousand dreams i dreamed, the splendid things i planned I always built alas on weak and shifting sand. I lived by night and shunned the naked light of the day And only now i see how the years ran away.
Yesterday when i was young So many happy songs were waiting to be sung, So many wayward pleasures lay in store for me And so much pain my dazzled eyes refused to see. I ran so fast 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 itwere a wand And never saw the waste and emptiness beyond. The g ame of love i played with arrogance and pride And every flame i lit too quickly quickly died. The friedns i made all seemed somehow to 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 yeYesterday when i was young
|