| was 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, the girls (?) since then. ball | |
| When I was young | |
| When I was young, it was more important much louder | |
| 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. was so much colder then, my father was a soldier then. | |
| Times were very hard, | |
| When I was young. | |
| When I was young, | |
| It was more important, but much louder | |
| When I was young. |