Yesterday When I Was Young (Hier Encore)
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AmYesterday when I was D7young
The taste of life was Gsweet as rain upon my Ctongue
I teased at life as if Amit were a foolish B7game
The way an evening Embreeze may tease a candle flame
The thousand dreams I Amdreamed the splendid things I Dplanned
I D7always built to Glast on weak and shifting Csand
I lived by night and Amshunned the naked light of B7day
And only now I Emsee how the years have run away
AmYesterday when I was Dyoung
D7So many happy Gsongs were waiting to be Csung
So many wild Ampleasures lay in store for B7me
And so much pain Emmy dazzled eyes refused to see
I ran so fast that Amtime and youth at last ran Dout
I D7never stopped to Gthink what life was all Ebmaj7about
Every Amconversation that I can now B7recall
Concerned itself with Emme and nothing else at all
Am D D7 G C Emaj7 B7 E
AmYesterday the moon was Dblue
D7And every crazy Gday brought something new to do C
I used my magic Amage as if it were a B7wand
And never saw the Emwaste and emptiness beyond
The game of love I Amplayed with arrogance and Dpride
D7And every flame I lit too Gquickly quickly Cdied
The friends I made all Amseemed somehow to drift B7away
And only I am Emleft on stage to end the play
There are so many Amsongs in me that won't be Dsung
I D7feel the bitter Gtaste of tears upon my Ctongue
The time has come for me Amto pay for B7yesterday
When I was Emyoung