Shirley Bassey - Yesterday, When I Was Young (lyrics)

Tell me. Where do tired hearts go... For copyright issues please contact with us at : dreamerhelen16@ Lyrics: 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 always built, alas, on weak and shifting sand I lived by night and shunned the naked light of day And only now I see how the years ran away Yesterday, when I was young So many drinking songs were waiting to be sung So many wayward 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 itself with me, 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 Young, young... Disclaimer : No copyright infringement intended. The audio content doesn’t belong to me I don’t make profit out of this video, I do not own copyright of the video/photos, they are from the web. This is purely for entertainment