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