When I Was Young

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
 They'd more pain but they laughed much louder yeah
 When I was young
 I met my first love at thirteen
 She was brown and I was pretty green
 I learned quite a lot
 When I was young
 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 it was more important
 They'd more pain but they laughed much louder yeah
 When I was young
 When I was young it was more important
 They'd more pain but they laughed much louder yeah
 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
 Oh, when I was young