Yesterday When I Was Young - Dusty Springfield
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Yesterday when I was young,
C F
the taste of life was sweet as rain upon my tongue.
Dm E
I teased at life as if it were a foolish game,
Am
the way the evening breeze may tease the candle flame.
Dm G
The thousand dreams I dreamed, the splendid things I planned,
C F
I always built to last on weak and shifting sand.
Dm E
I lived by night and shunned the naked light of day
Am
and only now I see how the time ran away.
Dm G
Yesterday when I was young,
C F
so many lovely songs were waiting to be sung.
Dm E
So many wild pleasures lay in store for me
Am
and so much pain my eyes refused to see.
Dm G
I ran so fast that time and youth at last ran out.
C F
I never stopped to think what life was all about.
Dm E
And every conversation that I can now recall
Am
concerned itself with me and nothing else at all.
Dm G
The game of love I played with arrogance and pride
C F
and every flame I lit too quickly, quickly died.
Dm E
The friends I made all somehow seemed to slip away
Am
and only now I'm left alone to end the play.
Dm G
Oh, yesterday when I was young,
C F
so many, many songs were waiting to be sung.
Dm E
So many wild pleasures lay in store for me
Am
and so much pain my eyes refused to see.
Dm G
There are so many songs in me that won't be sung.
C F
I feel the bitter taste of tears upon my tongue.
Dm E Am
The time has come for me to pay for yesterday when I was young.
Enjoy!
