The rooms were so much colder then 

My father was a soldier then 

The times were very hard 

When I was young 

When I was young 



I smoked my first cigarette at ten 

And for boys I had a bad yen 

I had quite a ball 

When I was young 

When I was young 



When I was young it was more important 

Pain more painful, the laughter much louder, yeah 

When I was young 

When I was young 



I met my first love at thirteen 

He was brown, and I was pretty green 

I learned quite a lot 

When I was young 

When I was young 



When I was young it was more important 

Pain more painful, the laughter much louder, yeah 

When I was young 



My faith was so much stronger then 

I believed in fellow men 

I was so much older then 

When I was young 

When I was young 

When I was young