Lyrics:

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 A Candle Flame.
the 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 The Day
and Only Now I See How The Years Ran Away.

yesterday When I Was Young
so Many Drinking 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.
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
and 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 To 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 Has Come For Me To Pay For
yesterday When I Was Young...