When I Was Young

The rooms were so much colder then
My father was a soldier then, the times were very hardWhen I was young
When I was youngI smoked my first cigarette at ten
And for boys I had a bad yen, I had quite a ballWhen I was young
When I was youngWhen I was young it was more important
Pain more painful, the laughter much louder, yeahWhen I was young
When I was youngI met my first love at thirteen
He was brown and I was pretty green, I learned quite a lotWhen I was young
When I was youngWhen I was young it was more important
Pain more painful, the laughter much louder, yeahWhen I was youngMy faith was so much stronger then
I believed in fellow men, and I was so much older thenWhen I was young
When I was young
When I was young
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