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.