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 game 
The way the evening breeze may tease the candle flame 
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 day 
And only now I see how the years ran away 
Yesterday when I was young 
So many lovely 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 
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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 it were a wand 
That never saw the waste and emptiness beyond 
The game of love I played with arrogance and pride 
And every flame I lit too quickly quickly died 
The friends I made all seemed somehow 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 [bad word] for me to pay 
For yesterday....when I was young, young, young,......young