Dusty Springfield - Yesterday When I Was Young

yesterday when i was young

Dm G
yesterday when i was young ,
C F
the taste of life was sweet as rain upon my tongue
Dm E
i teased at life as if it were a foolish game
Am
the way the evening breeze may tease the candle flame

the thousand dreams i dreamed , the splendid things i planned
i always built to last on weak and shifting sand
i lived by night and shunned the naked light of day
and only now i see how the time ran away

chorus :
Dm G
yesterday when i was young
C F
so many lovely songs were waiting to be sung
Dm E
so many wild pleasures lay in store for me
Am
and so much pain my 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 that i can now recall
concerned itself with me and nothing else at all

the game of love i played with arrogance and pride
and every flame i lit too quickly , quickly died
the friends i made all somehow seemed to slip away
and only now i’m left alone to end the play , yeah

chorus

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

by : jose duarte
jtduarte1@gmail . com