[00:00.00]Yesterday When I Was Young -Roy Clark
[00:05.951]Seems the love I've known has always been
[00:10.320]The most destructive kind
[00:12.870]Yes that's why now I feel so old
[00:16.799]Before my time
[00:19.679]Yesterday when I was young
[00:25.148]The taste of life was sweet as rain upon my tongue
[00:30.536]I teased at life as if it were a foolish game
[00:36.314]The way the evening breeze may tease a candle flame
[00:41.742]The thousand dreams I dreamed
[00:44.661]The splendid things I planned
[00:47.648]I'd always built to last on weak and shifting sand
[00:52.497]I lived by night and shunned
[00:55.66]The naked light of the day
[00:57.625]And only now I see how the years ran away
[01:02.942]Yesterday when I was young
[01:07.782]So many happy songs were waiting to be sung
[01:13.341]So many wild pleasures lay in store for me
[01:19.120]And so much pain my dazzled eyes refused to see
[01:24.98]I ran so fast that time and youth at last ran out
[01:29.595]I never stopped to think what life was all about
[01:35.285]And every conversation I can now recall
[01:40.794]Concerned it self with me and nothing else at all
[02:07.972]Yesterday the moon was blue
[02:12.871]And every crazy day brought something new to do
[02:17.879]I used my magic age as if it were a wand
[02:23.499]And never saw the waste and emptiness beyond
[02:28.527]The game of love I played with arrogance and pride
[02:33.977]And every flame I lit too quickly quickly died
[02:39.674]The friends I made all seemed somehow to drift away
[02:45.112]And only I am left on stage to end the play
[02:50.60]There are so many songs in me that won't be sung
[02:55.990]I feel the bitter taste of tears upon my tongue
[03:01.260]The time has come for me to pay for
[03:04.318]Yesterday when I was young

Yesterday When I Was Young -Roy Clark
Seems the love I've known has always been
The most destructive kind
Yes that's why now I feel so old
Before my time
Yesterday when I was young
The taste of life was sweet as rain upon my tongue
I teased at life as if it were a foolish game
The way the evening breeze may tease a candle flame
The thousand dreams I dreamed
The splendid things I planned
I'd always built to last on weak and shifting sand
I lived by night and shunned
The naked light of the day
And only now I see how the years ran away
Yesterday when I was young
So many happy songs were waiting to be sung
So many wild pleasures lay in store for me
And so much pain my dazzled eyes refused to see
I ran so fast that time and youth at last ran out
I never stopped to think what life was all about
And every conversation I can now recall
Concerned it self with me and nothing else at all
Yesterday the moon was blue
And every crazy day brought something new to do
I used my magic age as if it were a wand
And never saw the waste and emptiness beyond
The game of love I played with arrogance and pride
And every flame I lit too quickly quickly died
The friends I made all seemed somehow to drift away
And only I am left on stage to end the play
There are so many songs in me that won't be sung
I feel the bitter taste of tears upon my tongue
The time has come for me to pay for
Yesterday when I was young