Yesterday When I Was Young letra

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 drinking songs were waiting to be sung
So many wayward 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 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 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

Yesterday when I was young
So many drinking songs were waiting to be sung
So many wayward 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

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

Blossom Dearie - Letras

• 'Deed I Do
• A Fine Spring Morning
• Blossom's Blues
• Chez Moi
• Dance Only With Me
• Doop-doo-de-doop (a Doodlin' Song)
• Dusty Springfield
• Everything I've Got
• Gentleman Friend
• Give Him The Ooh-La-La
• Hello Love
• I Hear Music
• I Like London In The Rain
• I walk a little faster
• I Wish You Love
• I Won't Dance
• I'm Hip
• If I Were a Bell
• It Might As Well Be Spring
• It's Too Good To Talk About Now
• Johnny One Note
• Just In Time
• L'etang
• Let Me Love You
• Little Jazz Bird
• Lover Man
• Manhattan
• May I Come In?
• Now At Last
• Once Upon A Summertime
• Plus Je T'embrasse
• Put On A Happy Face
• Rhode Island Is Famous For You
• Satin Doll
• Tea For Two
• Teach Me Tonight
• The Shadow Of Your Smile
• They Say It's Spring
• Thou Swell
• Tout doucement
• Try Your Wings
• Unpack Your Adjectives
• Wait Till You See Her
• Yesterday When I Was Young
• You Fascinate Me So
• You For Me
• You've Got Something I Want