WHEN I WAS
YOUNG
The rooms were so
much colder then
My father was a soldier then
And times were very hard
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
When I was young
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 fellow man
And I was so much older then
When I was young
When I was young
When I was young
(Burdon/Weider/Briggs/McCulloch/Jenkins)