Yesterday When I Was Young

Am7 D7 Yesterday when I was young G7M C7M The taste of love was sweet as rain upon my tongue F#m7 B7 I teased at life as if it were a foolish game Em Bm E7 The way the evening breeze may tease a candle flame Am7 D7 The thousand dreams I dreamed, the splendid things I planned G7M C7M I always built to last on weak and shifting sand F#m7 B7 I lived by night and shunned the naked light of day Em Bm E7 And only now I see how the years ran away Am7 D7 Yesterday when I was young G7M C7M So many happy songs were waiting to be sung Am7 B7 So many wayward pleasures lay in store for me Em Bm E7 And so much pain my dazzled eyes refused to see Am7 D7 I ran so fast that time and youth, at last, ran out G7M C7M I never stopped to think what life was all about Am7 B7 And ev'ry conversation I can now recall Em Bm E7 Concerned itself with me, and nothing else at all Am7 D7 Yesterday the moon was blue G7M C7M And ev'ry crazy day brought something new to do F#m7 B7 I used my magic age as if it were a wand Em Bm E7 And never saw the waste and emptiness beyond Am7 D7 The game of love I played with arrogance and pride G7M C7M And ev'ry flame I lit too quickly, quickly died F#m7 B7 The friends I made all seemed somehow to drift away Em Bm E7 And only I am left on stage to end the play Am7 D7 There are so many songs in me that won't be sung G7M C7M I feel the bitter taste of tears upon my tongue Am7 B7 The time has come for me to pay for yesterday Em Am Em When I was young.