The rooms were so much colder then
My father was a soldier then
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 painful, the laughter much louder, yeah
When I was young
When I was young
Don't you know I met my first love at thirteen
She was brown, and I was pretty green
I learned so very much
When I was young
When I was young
Oh my love
Oh my love
Oh my love
Nanananananananana
Yeah
When I was young, it was more important
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 men
I was really so much older then
When I was young
When I was young
When I was young
Baby
Baby
Baby
Baby
When I was a wild child
Just a cabin sweep without no shoes
When I was young
When I was young
When I was young
When I was young, yeah