Intro: verse 1: Rooms were so much colder then, my father was a soldier then Times were very hard when I was young, when I was young verse 2: I smoked my first cigarette at ten and the girls, I had a bad yen I had quite a ball when I was young When I was young, it was more important, pain more painful and laughter lots louder Yeah, when I was young, when I was young verse 3: I met my first love at thirteen, he was brown and I was pretty green And I learned quite a lot when I was young, when I was young KEY CHANGE: BREAK: When I was young, it was more important, pain more painful and laughter lots louder Yeah, when I was young, when I was young verse 4 (vocal to fade): 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, when I was young, when I was young, when I was young, when I was young