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Composer: Charles Aznavour, Herbert Kretzmer

Roy Clark - Yesterday, When I Was Young lyrics



Yesterday When I Was Young
Herbert Kretzmer

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 drinking 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 yesterday when I was young.
Songs list of album: Roy Clark Live! (1972)
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06    Orange Blossom Special lyrics Add lyrics   -
07   Yesterday, When I Was Young lyrics   -
08    Green, Green Grass of Home lyrics Add lyrics   -
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14    Somewhere, My Love lyrics Add lyrics   -
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