Yesterday When I Was Young

Gm A7 Dm Gm C7 It seems the love I've known F A# Has always been the most destructive kind Gm I guess that's why now A7 I feel so old Dm Before my time Gm C7 Yesterday when I was young F A# the taste of life was sweet as rain upon my tongue Gm A7 I teased at life as if it were a foolish game Dm the way the evening breeze may tease a candle flame Gm C7 The thousand dreams I dreamed, the splendid things I planned F A# I always built to last on weak and shifting sand Gm A7 I lived by night and shunned the naked light of the day Dm and only now I see how the years ran away Gm C7 Yesterday when I was young F A# so many happy songs were waiting to be sung, Gm A7 so many wild pleasures lay in store for me Dm and so much pain my dazzled eyes refused to see Gm C7 I ran so fast that time and youth at last ran out F A# I never stopped to think what life was all about Gm A7 and every conversation I can now recall Dm concerned itself with me and nothing else at all Instr Break Gm C7 F A# Gm A7 Dm Gm C7 Yesterday the moon was blue F A# and every crazy day brought something new to do Gm A7 I used my magic age as if it were a wand Dm and never saw the waste and emptiness beyond Gm C7 The game of love I played with arrogance and pride F A# and every flame I lit too quickly quickly died Gm A7 The friends I made all seemed somehow to drift away Dm and only I am left on stage to end the play Gm C7 There are so many songs in me that won't be sung F A# I feel the bitter taste of tears upon my tongue Gm A7 Dm The time has come for me to pay for yesterday when I was young