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
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