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 that yen
  And I had quite a ball
  When I was young
    When I was young it was more important
  Pain more painful and 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 it was more important
  Pain more painful and laughter much louder, yeah
  When I was young
  When I was young
    My faith was so much stronger then
  I believed in fellow men
  And I was so much older then
  When I was young
  When I was young
  When I was young...