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 B+ 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 B+ 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 B+ 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 B+ 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 B+ 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 B+ 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.