Yesterday When I Was Young-Charles Aznavour

[00:13.00]Yesterday when i was young [00:19.00]The taste of life was sweet as rain upon my tongue [00:25.00]I teased at life as if it were a foolish game [00:31.00]The way the evening breeze may tease a candle flame [00:37.00]The thousand dreams i dreamed, the splendid things i planned [00:44.00]I always built, alas, on weak and shifting sand [00:50.00]I lived by night and shunned the naked light of day [00:57.00]And only now i see how the years ran away [01:04.00]Yesterday when i was young [01:09.00]So many drinking songs were waiting to be sung [01:15.00]So many wayward pleasures lay in store for me [01:22.00]And so much pain my dazzled eyes refused to see [01:27.00]I ran so fast that time and youth at last ran out [01:34.00]I never stopped to think what life was all about [01:40.00]And every conversation i can now recall [01:47.00]Concerned itself with me, and nothing else at all [01:55.00]Yesterday the moon was blue [02:00.00]And every crazy day brought something new to do [02:06.00]I used my magic age as if it were a wand [02:13.00]And never saw the waste and emptiness beyond [02:19.00]The game of love i played with arrogance and pride [02:25.00]And every flame i lit too quickly, quickly died [02:32.00]The friends i made all seemed somehow to drift away [02:38.00]And only i am left on stage to end the play [02:43.00]There are so many songs in me that won't be sung [02:50.00]I feel the bitter taste of tears upon my tongue [02:57.00]The time has come for me to pay for [03:02.00]Yesterday when i was young