yesterdaywhen I was young
the taste of life was sweet as rain upon my tounge
I teased at life as it if 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 day
and only now I see how the years ran away

Yes terday 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 neverstopped to think what life was all about
and ev'ry conversation I can now recall
concerned itself with me and nothing else at all

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 evry conversation I can now recall
concerned itself with me and nothing else at all

Yesterday the moon was blue
and ev'ry crazy day brought something new to do
I used my magic age as if it were awand
and never saw the waste and emptiness beyond
The game of love I played with arrogrance and pride
and ev'ry flame I lit to 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 tastse of tears upon my tongue
The time has come for me to pay for yesterday
When I was young

yesterday when i was young
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Melody with Lyrics
Sung by Roy Clark
Sequenced by
Jerry Wells