Was so much colder then
My father was a soldier then
And times were very hard
When I was young
I smoked my first cigarette at ten
The girls (?) since then
Ball
When I was young
When I was young
It was more important
Much louder
When I was young
I met my first love, at thirteen
She was brown, and I was pretty green
And I learned quite a lot
When I was young
Was so much colder then
My father was a soldier then
Times were very hard
When I was young
When I was young
It was more important
But much louder
When I was young