Title: Yesterday, When I Was Young   (GM)

Artist: Roy Clark
Sequenced by: Michael D. MacDonald
(c) March 2001 Michael D MacDonald

Words and Music Charles Aznavour; English Lyrics by Herbert Kretzmer
If you have an XG instrument, use the XG version instead
Yesterday, When I Was Young
From the French song Hier Encore
Original arrangement and sequenced by Michael D MacDonald
NON commercial use only.
Do not alter this song in any manner
If you use this song, please let me know: mike@mmacdonald.com

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 the 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 -- GM Version
Hier Encore
Soft karaoke
Words
Yesterday, When I Was Young
Accu Bass
El Piano
Accu Piano
Brite Piano
Nylon Guit
St Guit
Syn Brass 1
Simulated Brush Kit
Syn Brass 1
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Yesterday, When I Was Young
Arranged and Sequenced 3/2001
NON commercial use only
Do not alter