When I Was Young

The rooms were so much colder then
My father was a soldier then, the times were very hard

When I was young
When I was young

I smoked my first cigarette at ten
And for boys I had a bad yen, I had quite a ball

When I was young
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
He was brown and I was pretty green, I learned quite a lot

When I was young
When I was young

When I was young it was more important
Pain more painful, the laughter much louder, yeah

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
When I was young
When I was young
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