the rooms were so much colder then
my father was a soldier then
and times were very hard
when i was young
when i was young
i smoked my first cigarette at ten
and for girls i had a bad yen
and i had quite a ball
when i was young
when i was young it was more important
pain more pain
but i laughed a much louder yeah
when i was young
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
when i was young
when i was young
na na na na na na
na na na na na na
when i was young it was more important
pain more painful
laughed a much louder yeah
when i was young
when i was young
my faith was so much stronger then
i believed in fellow man
and i was so much older then
when i was young
when i was young
when i was young
when i was young
na na na na na na
when i was young
Artist: Eric Burdon The Animals
Year: 1967
Decade: 60s
Language: en
Word Count: 83