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 that yen

And i had quite a ball when i was young



When i was young it was more important

Pain more painful and 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 and 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

When i was young when i was young...


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