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 bad yen And I had quite a ball, When I was young

When I was young, it was more important Pain more painful 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

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When I was young, it was more important Pain more painful Laughter much louder Yeah, when I was young, when I was young

My faith was so much stronger then I believed in my fellow men And I was so much older then, When I was young (x3)