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 an evening breeze may tease a candle flame
I always built to last on weak and shifting sand
I lived in the darkness and shunned the saviors light
And though how the years all vanished in the night
Yesterday when I was young
so many many songs waiting to by 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 life 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
Yesterday when I was young
so many many songs waiting to by 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
The time has come for me to pray dear Lord forgive
The sins of Yesterday when I was young