Shirley Bassey's Yesterday When I Was Young

YESTERDAY WHEN I WAS YOUNG
Shirley Bassey

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 the candle flame

The thousand dreams I dreamed
The splendid things I've planned
I always built, alas, a 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 lovely 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 the 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, 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
I 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

Yesterday when I was young
So many lovely 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

Yesterday when I was young
So many lovely 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

Yesterday when I was young
So many lovely songs were waiting to be sung . . .

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[MrRenaissance]

Made this clip on my 4th year high school. Was only sixteen then. I'm on my second year college now. Brings back memories. :)

[eatsee]

not bad, this is the first version of this song I have heard when I was young, then I heard glen campell, and then few months ago it was charles Aznavour's englisgh version, which touched me more deeply....

[MrRenaissance]

Thanks, eatzee . . . I thought you'd type 'fourth comment' when I checked in . . .

[claudinwhittle]

When I was 15 I used to go around singing this song and my Dad would find it funny, he said I had started missing the past too soon. At the time I didn´t quite get his meaning, 39 years later I´m still singing it and loving it - Thank you so much for posting it.

[FFDBNKSR]

Touching song, superbly performed by Shirley Bassey. It's a pity that they don't write lyrics like this anymore.

[lasoledade]

Yesterday,,,when i was young..

the taste of life was sweet...

And never saw the waste and emptiness beyond....

[maryhadalittlelamb25]

I LOVE THIS!...BUT FOR ME...I FEEL LIKE I'M STILL YOUNG...I MEAN TO AN OLDER MAN...I CAN STILL LOOK GOOD ON HIS ARM...AND FOR YOUNGER MEN...THEY LOOK AT ME AS EXPERIENCED AND EXCITING..... :D

YESTERDAY WHEN I WAS YOUNG....THAT WAS IN THE PAST....AND I HAD A BALL OR TWO...HEHE... :D

[46Genes]

I'm only 22 and this song makes me feel like i've already lived most of my life. Amazing lyrics

[andopack]

@andopack

同感です！

[andopack]

@andopack同感！

[andopack]

中学生の時にＴＶやラジオで聞いて感動しました

歌詞の意味は分かりませんが　歌に込められた思いは感じます

今は」もう中年　過去を振り返る頻度もふえましたね

[bubukaka5]

@eatsee not bad lol , tell that to Aznavour and he will laugh in your face.....

[Vincent777Legion1]

the theme to many a life ..... this is some real magic.x

[barrby4]

Dusty Springfield sings it best of all - simply brilliant - words slightly different.............but brilliant!