Il testo della Yesterday when i was young

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pochette album Yesterday when i was young

Data di rilascio : 15/06/2010

Durata : 0:05:06

Stile : Pop

Yesterday, when i was young,
The taste of life was sweet, as rain upon my tongue,
I teased at life, as if it 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

Yesterday, when i was young,
So many happy songs were waiting to be sung,
So many wild 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 every conversation, i can now recall,
Concerned itself with me, and nothing else at all

Yesterday, the moon was blue,
And every crazy day, brought something new to do,
I used my magic age, as if it were a wand,
And never saw the worst, and the emptiness beyond

The game of love i played, with arrogance and pride,
And every flame i lit, too 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 taste, of tears upon my tongue,
The time has come for me to pay,
For yesterday, when i was young