Yesterday When I Was Young (Hier encore)-Tapio Heinonen

[ti:Yesterday When I Was Young] [ar:Tapio Heinonen] [al:En Kadu Mitään - Kaikki Levytykset - 148 Levytystä Vuosilta 1968-1981] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]Yesterday When I Was Young (Hier encore) - Tapio Heinonen [00:00.72]Yesterday when I was young [00:06.12]The taste of life was sweet as rain upon my tongue [00:11.57]I teased at life as if it were a foolish game [00:17.06]The way the evening breeze may tease a candle flame [00:22.51]The thousand dreams I dreamed [00:25.37]The splendid things I planned [00:28.09]I always built alas on weak and shifting sand [00:33.61]I lived by night and shunned the naked light of day [00:39.02]And only now I see how the years ran away [00:44.70]Yesterday when I was young [00:49.86]So many happy songs were waiting to be sung [00:55.29]So many wayward pleasures lay in store for me [01:00.70]And so much pain my dazzled eyes refused to see [01:06.08]I ran so fast that time and youth at last ran out [01:11.49]I never stopped to think what life was all about [01:16.85]And every conversation I can now recall [01:22.26]Concerned itself with me and nothing else at all [01:27.40] [01:28.13]Yesterday the moon was blue [01:33.47]And every crazy day brought something new to do [01:38.95]I used my magic age as if it were a wand [01:44.44]And never saw the waste and emptiness beyond [01:49.81]The game of love I played with arrogance and pride [01:55.34]And every flame I lit too quickly quickly died [02:00.65]The friends I made all seemed somehow to drift away [02:06.10]And only I am left on stage to end the play [02:11.59]There are so many songs I see that won't be sung [02:17.16]I feel the bitter taste of tears upon my tongue [02:22.61]The time has come for me to pay for [02:26.32]Yesterday when I was young