The rooms were so much colder then My father was a soldier then And times were very hard When I was young... When I was young... I smoked my first cigarette at ten And for girls I had a bad yen And I had quite a gall When I was young
When I was young it was more important They'd more pain but they laughed 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 ,it was more important They'd more pain but they laughed 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!.. When I was young!!! WHEN I WAS YO-O-O-U-U-U-UNG!!!!!!!!! When I was young!!! Yeah, when I was young!!! When I was young!!! Yeah!!! When I was young!!!