'the rooms were 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
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 painful
Laughter 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

Pain more painful
Laughter 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