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mel tormé - yesterday when i was young lyrics

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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 the day
and only now i see how the years ran away

yesterday when i was young
so many drinking 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
but i never seemed to think what love 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 waste and 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 for 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



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