Patricia Kaas
Patricia Kaas - Yesterday When I Was Young songtekst
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De Franse titel is: Hier Encore.
Het lied is vertaald in diverse talen. In het Italiaans heet het: Ieri Si. In het Spaans: Ayer Aún.
Vele artiesten covered deze song, zoals Bing Crosby, Elvis Presley, Shirley Bassey, Andy Williams, Jimmy Durante, Julio Iglesias, enz, enz.
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, at last 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 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